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“Remark” or “Remarque”

remark / remarque are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

remark r·ih·m·AA·r·k

  • nouna statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information.
  • nounexplicit notice.

remarque

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

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“remark”

  • They understand Jesus' remark to have been his affirmation…
  • "Your remark that the crowd at the…
  • …company Twitter, made a similar remark; although it was initially assumed…
  • …Zone in Germany, would later remark that "there was no doubt…
  • …to it", a somewhat prophetic remark.
  • …so is remembering a chance remark made by one of the…
  • …fellow historian Lewis Namier to remark: "In the eighteenth-century peers made…
  • …that it was a personal remark, because it was normal that…
  • …journalists not to disseminate this remark for fear of inflaming Nazi
  • …causing manager Ronnie Moore to remark that "Shuker looked like Shuker…

“remarque”

  • …the novel by Erich Maria Remarque.

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