remarks

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of remark.

   Her closing remarks drew a long round of applause.

   Several remarks in the report struck the committee as unfair.

   Note

   The plural belongs to the countable side of the noun: closing remarks, a few remarks on the budget. The uncountable use, meaning notice or observation (nothing worthy of remark), takes no plural at all. The same letters can also spell re-marks, from re-mark, marking something again. In that sense the hyphen usually keeps the two apart, and context does the rest.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of remark.

   She often remarks that the city feels quieter in winter.

   He remarks on the weather every time the two of them meet.

   Note

   What follows the verb decides what it means. With a that-clause it reports a stated observation (she remarks that the house is cold). With on it means commenting (he remarks on the weather). With a plain object it can mean simply noticing (he remarks the change). Older uses, pointing something out or marking it as notable, are now obsolete.

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