remarkablere‧mark‧a‧ble /rɪˈmɑːkəbəl $ -ɑːr-/ ●●○ W3 adjective 
She has made remarkable progress. a remarkable coincidenceremarkable feat/achievement/accomplishment It’s a remarkable achievement for the company.it is remarkable that It is remarkable that women did not have the vote until that time.remarkable for His drawings are remarkable for their accuracy. He’s a remarkable man.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a remarkable statesman and diplomat
- Clark did a remarkable job setting things up for the meeting.
- Henry Tippett showed remarkable flair as a hotelier.
- Josephine was a truly remarkable woman.
- The record features some remarkable guitar and piano solos.
- A remarkable and well deserved achievement.
- A team was dispatched immediately to Baldersdale and discovered a remarkable scene.
- But many men succeed in a remarkable way in keeping their feelings alive in the most unlikely settings.
- In short she obtained a remarkable degree of autonomy.
- Of all the peculiar effects of musical tragedy, the most remarkable is the coexistence of opposite impressions.
- The key to this remarkable turnaround in what has been one of the most restrictive industries is, of course, PostScript.
- There is remarkable consensus on the issue of tax fairness.
- What a remarkable thing to say.
Longman Language Activatorunusually good or impressive
unusual beauty, talent etc is much better or more impressive than usual: · Alan's work shows unusual talent and originality.· He had an unusual ability to rise above the prejudices of his generation.
unusually good, impressive, or important: · Joe has a special gift for mathematics.· The bond between Sonya and her mother was very special.
very much better, more beautiful, or more impressive than what is usual: · He really was a most extraordinary man.· The view from up here is extraordinary.· Everything about the woman -- her hair, eyes, and jewellery -- gleamed with extraordinary brilliance.
an exceptional person or thing is so good that they are unusual compared to most other things or people of a similar type: · When it comes to natural footballing ability, Gascoigne is exceptional.· Graham Greene had exceptional talents as a story-teller.· It's one of the best examples of old English furniture I've seen -- it truly is exceptional.
someone or something that is remarkable is unusually good or skilled, so that you notice them and admire them: · The record features some remarkable guitar and piano solos.· Henry Tippett showed remarkable flair as a hotelier.· a remarkable statesman and diplomat
very special and unusual: · He had that rare gift of being able to impart enthusiasm to others.· She bore her illness with rare courage.· Huston is a film-maker who has achieved a rare kind of beauty in his work.
informal use this to describe someone or something that is unusually good, impressive, or enjoyable: · This is quite a house.· Jane told me I was almost intelligent, which from her is quite a compliment.· That was some party last night!· "She's some lady," he said, with admiration.
happening or existing extremely rarely - use this especially about the qualities someone or something has or about a chance to do something: · She has a unique ability to communicate with animals of all kinds.· This vacation offers a unique opportunity to visit some of the most remote mountain areas of the region.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY It’s a remarkable achievement for the company. He’s a remarkable man.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES They climbed the mountain in 28 days, a remarkable feat. Fawcett was a truly remarkable man.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
It’s a remarkable achievement for the company. He’s a remarkable man.· a writer of remarkable ability· The company aims to select people of outstanding ability.· his exceptional ability as a swimmer
(=one that is unusual or surprising and deserves praise)· In recognition of this remarkable achievement he was awarded the OBE.
· What an extraordinary coincidence meeting you here!
· It is a remarkable fact that elephants do not use their trunks to suck up water until they are over four months old.
They climbed the mountain in 28 days, a remarkable feat.· Doctors have every confidence that Laura will continue her remarkable recovery.
(=unusual or surprising)· Everyone notices the remarkable resemblance between Mathilda and Anne.
(=one that is very noticeable)· This ape's facial expressions show remarkable similarities to ours.
· The film tells the remarkable story of their escape from a prison camp.
Fawcett was a truly remarkable man.· I don't find it quite as remarkable a performance as that of No. 10, but is very good.· She was as remarkable as he.· It is as remarkable as a woman.· What is just as remarkable is the timing of the fourth-quarter performance.· The extract chosen next is just as remarkable for its acknowledgement of the mysterious nature of mental processes.· Either way, the transformation of the area where Broadway and Seventh Avenue converge is as remarkable as it is undeniable.· But the nature of space, time, and gravity really is as remarkable as you have now learned.
· Last week's Ha'aretz newspaper contained an extraordinary essay, all the more remarkable for being published in the current climate.· In fact the improvement statistics in our jet engine shops were even more remarkable.· This was all the more remarkable, Pruett notes, because most men are reared to be ineffective nurturers.· Analysts say this trend is even more remarkable because public universities run open admission policies and do not charge tuition.· The consequences of the emancipation were to be even more remarkable than the political process from which the statutes emerged.· The score was even more remarkable because we played well below our best.· What was more remarkable was that he was not walking but standing still.
· One of the most remarkable observations concerning the mutant strain was the fact that it appeared very little affected by this mutation.· You are a most remarkable man.· The most remarkable extension of central control has been in the field of local government.· The most remarkable archaeological application so far, however, has been in Mesoamerica.· If this is so, then it is the most remarkable of all the cases we have considered.· Stemmle's return was the most remarkable.· Deciding which achievement was the most remarkable is all a matter of taste.· He produced one of the most remarkable designs of his day.
· It's quite remarkable when you come to think about it.· The theories that are now available to us have an accuracy which is quite remarkable.· The bath water was brownish, but wonderfully soothing to her quite remarkable display of bruises.· It is quite remarkable that algorithmic compressions are possible, and they illuminate our understanding of the universe enormously.· It was mightily impressive bowling by any standards, and with his left hand in plaster it was quite remarkable.· The consistency in the way average age of participation has changed over time is quite remarkable.· However, everything else about this unit is quite remarkable.· The chemical transformations that can then occur are quite remarkable, making zeolites some of the most unusual catalysts known.
· What made her story so remarkable is what happened next.· I had never seen anything so remarkable.· In the broken-wing performance, the realism is so remarkable that even human observers can be fooled when they first encounter it.· Of course I never really understood what it was that Dad found so remarkable in those snippets.· Few women have anything so remarkable in their armoury.· The transformation that had come over his life was so remarkable that people became Christians by his example.· Paul evidently knew nothing of so remarkable an event, for he never mentions it.· Well, what's so remarkable in that?
· She was in truly remarkable condition.· The clearly defined black spots and red bands of courage that set the rainbow apart from other trout are truly remarkable.· The next few years were to establish Rodrigo as one of the truly remarkable soldiers of his time.· A talented young man. Truly remarkable, but... but... the style.· Its contents are priceless and its memories are of truly remarkable people.· The ignorance about mortgage bonds at the top of the firm was truly remarkable.· A truly remarkable achievement and one that demonstrates the enthusiasm with which Johnson Matthey has responded to the challenge.· A truly remarkable family connection of over 70 years.
· It was for this very remarkable invention that he was employed.· Mathematical insight Notice that something very remarkable has happened here.· That is a very remarkable achievement.· There is nothing very remarkable about this method of argument, but it forms the basis of modern scientific procedure.· The first is not very remarkable.· There was nothing very remarkable about him in this respect.· But overall Dutton's achievement is very remarkable.
NOUN· The stabilization of the currency overnight was a remarkable achievement.· Dug by hand, the miles upon miles of tunnels were a remarkable achievement of both cleverness and will.· An almost remarkable achievement, even though you feel as though you've been in their bedroom before in a different life.· That remarkable achievement seems more bizarre with every passing day.· For such a remarkable achievement the close co-operation of many generations of patient observers must have been necessary.· It is a remarkable achievement for Trevino, in his first season on the Seniors' circuit.· A truly remarkable achievement and one that demonstrates the enthusiasm with which Johnson Matthey has responded to the challenge.· Make no mistake, this series is a remarkable achievement.
· Even within a short distance we can see remarkable changes of thickness.· We need to recognize the remarkable change that the interactive telecommunications age is producing in our political system.· A remarkable change had taken place in Giovanna.· As soon as she winds her black belt around her waist, however, her personality undergoes a remarkable change.· The trouble with this remarkable change of character is that Swayze simply lacks conviction.· This is a remarkable change in Government practice.· In the week that he'd been at the helm of the Anpetuwi ship there had been a remarkable change in atmosphere.· Since it first started 51 years ago, opencast mining, too, has seen remarkable changes.
· In short she obtained a remarkable degree of autonomy.· When assessing elders affirmatively, the practitioner may well detect in some very old people a remarkable degree of authenticity.· Historical disputes still interest the public to a remarkable degree.· It was apparent that the lack of visibility had altered Jotan's intentions to a quite remarkable degree.· Quite a remarkable degree of coverage, remarkable.· Having enjoyed a remarkable degree of freedom for several years it was now hard to relinquish areas of control.· Seething with tourists all year round, it still manages to retain a remarkable degree of charm.· For children of our age we were allowed a remarkable degree of freedom; only the town was out of bounds.
· Now here is the really remarkable fact.· Now, I will tell you a remarkable fact.· These are remarkable facts that we need to tackle in the future.
· Just such a remarkable feat happened two years running in 1928 and 1929, with Tipperary Tim and Gregalach respectively.· How do babies accomplish such a remarkable feat?· The mounting and supply of the expedition was a remarkable feat.· But it is a remarkable feat of alchemy indeed.· This remarkable feat of arms is largely unrecognised.· I was capable of holding watch for most of a day without the slightest trembling or consciousness of my remarkable feat.· I had achieved the remarkable feat of uniting the two factions at the party in mockery of me.
· No; the most remarkable features of the two descriptions of religion are not their similarities but their differences.· The remarkable feature of Kallibunker's fur was that it completely lacked the usual long guard hairs found on all other cats.· The most remarkable feature of Coningsby village is the single handed clock on St Michael's church tower.· A remarkable feature of the mountain is the tremendous gash on its eastern face, looking as though cut by a giant knife.· His one remarkable feature was his height, six feet and five inches.· The single remarkable feature is that Mrs Conran includes everything.· One of the remarkable features of Gaul was the sometimes huge religious sites which developed often in out-of-the-way places.· A remarkable feature of this decision of the House of Lords was that it was based on almost no judicial authority at all.
· If this was the case, the man must have been a remarkable athlete, as well as a remarkable man!· Wagner, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 92, was a most remarkable man.· He really must be a remarkable man!· He was once more the handsome, remarkable man I had first seen, the one who had saved me.· Stephen O'Brien is a remarkable man, liked and respected by everyone he comes into contact with.· You are a most remarkable man.· Their leader was Chief Joseph, a truly remarkable man.· George Wigg was a remarkable man but very difficult to keep in check.
· Now Daniel, 10, appears to have made a remarkable recovery with just chemotherapy treatment and cancer tablets.· Sir Richard is now chairman, having overseen the group's remarkable recovery.· However, the incredible Liverpool pensioner has amazed hospital staff and family alike with her remarkable recovery.· It has staged a remarkable recovery from the apparently moribund state of the late fifties and early sixties.· As if by retribution, the sick electrician made a remarkable recovery and the pumps resumed their efficient, reliable operation.· But he is making a remarkable recovery.
· However, there is on other occasions a remarkable similarity of techniques, of clothes and of weapons.· The ratios generated by the capture-recapture method display a remarkable similarity and identical ranking to those obtained by the first two methods.· There are remarkable similarities between the strengths model of case management, and early casework models.
· Our recent leaflet on women's health, which has been a remarkable success, also provides information.· Guterson, 39, seems sanguine about his remarkable success.· In achieving this remarkable success, Roddick has always been scornful of traditional business credos.· And in the third year of his presidency, he actually achieved some remarkable successes in that area.· Here the quantum chemical theory of bonding has had some remarkable successes.
· The remarkable thing about this cinematic treat was the close comparison it bore to the scene at Stonethwaite campsite a few days previously.· This conversation reminded me of the most remarkable thing about Tucson.· According to the newspaper, in that short time they have already done remarkable things.· And the remarkable thing about it is that there is no schools or anything to learn you to rob.· But first, a little scene-setting: One year ago, a remarkable thing was occurring.· When public managers do exercise such options, remarkable things begin to happen.· Even a brain tiny in comparison to that of Mozart can achieve remarkable things.· What a remarkable thing to say.
· His second wife, Bilhah Solomon Jacobson, known as Belle, was a remarkable woman.· There is no question that Margo Chisholm is a remarkable woman.· Though Mrs Hobbs is a remarkable woman in many ways, she has no head for figures.
WORD FAMILYnounremarkadjectiveremarkable ≠ unremarkableverbremarkadverbremarkably
unusual or surprising and therefore deserving attention or praise: She has made remarkable progress. a remarkable coincidenceremarkable feat/achievement/accomplishment It’s a remarkable achievement for the company.it is remarkable that It is remarkable that women did not have the vote until that time.remarkable for His drawings are remarkable for their accuracy. He’s a remarkable man.