march
IPA: mˈɑrtʃ
noun
- A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
- A political rally or parade
- Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
- Steady forward movement or progression.
- (euchre) The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
- (now archaic, historical) A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
- (historical) A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.
- Any of various territories with similar meanings or etymologies in their native languages.
- (obsolete) Smallage.
- The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April. Abbreviation: Mar or Mar.
- A surname from Middle English for someone born in March, or for someone living near a boundary (marche).
- (uncommon) A male given name from English.
- A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4196).
verb
- (intransitive) To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
- (transitive) To cause someone to walk somewhere.
- To go to war; to make military advances.
- (figurative) To make steady progress.
- (intransitive) To have common borders or frontiers
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Examples of "march" in Sentences
- In March, the plans crystallized.
- In the band we march and swagger.
- Their marching was not lackadaisical.
- Camellia japonica types bloom this month through March.
- The fair goes on for a fortnight in the months of March and April.
- In March 1924 March, the construction of the creamery was completed.
- The marching band is one of the largest marching bands in the West Coast.
- The marching band, know as the Marching Blues, is the pride of the community.
- After years of manipulation and machination the general's armies marched on the island.
- The cotton rally peaked on March 7, followed by an even more painfully swift decline as prices halved within four months.
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