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.
- Leading this march is atopic dermatitis which is often accompanied by food allergy.
- 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.
- The One Nation Working Together march is the culmination of months of planning begun by civil rights organizations and labor unions.
- Unbelievable when every other march is allowed to despite the initial attempt at saying no! The first test of the Federation I would think!
- This march is an opportunity to demonstrate that what is good for Latinos is central to the nation's future and that our robust community is not a voiceless one.
- The present "march of intellect" will _march away_ these bipeds and quadrupeds, and no doubt the noble Marquess of Exeter "would much rather have their _room_ than their _company_."
- This march is also crucial to show the frustration of the community and to put more pressure on Congress and the administration to push for policies that make sense politically, economically and socially for all.
- He was murdered just before he launched his next great march on Washington, which he referred to as the march of the poor and the oppressed, and the marchers he was organizing were both black and white, who were impoverished and unemployed.