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# remark

«remark» in Mova's school dictionary: **something you say or write about someone or something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a remark, remarks); verb (remark, remarks, remarked, remarking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A remark is something you say or write about someone or something, usually short. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remark/#m1)

2) (verb) To remark is to say what you think or notice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remark/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories in speech: "she remarked". In manners and safety: "rude remarks" or unkind remarks can hurt feelings; teachers write remarks on reports. Phrases: "make a remark", "a passing remark", "remark on something".

### examples

- He made a rude remark about my shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remark/#x1)
- "It's cold," she remarked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remark/#x2)
- The teacher wrote nice remarks in my report. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remark/#x3)
- Everyone remarked on how tall he had grown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remark/#x4)
- That was a kind remark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remark/#x5)
- Ignore unkind remarks and tell an adult if they continue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remark/#x6)
- "I don't like that," was the lady's remark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remark/#x7)

### note

Countable noun. Adjective "remarkable" means very unusual and worth noticing, not "about a remark". Note: "re-mark" with a hyphen means to mark work again.

### In the corpora

- [Remarks about someone's food can make them ashamed, because food comes from different families and cultures.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/18/)
- [«Just joking» does not make a hurtful remark okay; you can say «That wasn't funny to me».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/203-jokes-and-teasing/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «remark» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remark/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.