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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