adjective · neutral
remarkable
UK/rɪˈmɑːkəbl/US/rɪˈmɑːrkəbl/re·MARK·able
Band 6-7task2speaking
worthy of attention; unusually good or surprising
Examples
“It is remarkable how quickly the town recovered after the flood.”
“Her progress over the year has been remarkable.”
“He made a remarkable contribution to the project.”
Band 8 sentence
“Her ability to balance full-time work and postgraduate study while maintaining high grades is truly remarkable.”
Collocations
- remarkable achievement
- remarkable for
Word family
remark verb/nounremarkable adjectiveremarkably adverb
Common mistakes
It is remarkable how they solved.→It is remarkable how they solved the problem.
Say it for a higher band
5good→6notable→7+remarkable
Synonyms
notable
extraordinary
Easily confused
notable
“There was a notable improvement in the students' test scores.”
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