mark
IPA: mˈɑrk
noun
- (heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
- (obsolete) A boundary; a border or frontier.
- (obsolete) A boundary-post or fence.
- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- (archaic) A type of small region or principality.
- (historical) A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- (heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- A characteristic feature.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A written character or sign.
- A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
- (obsolete) Resemblance, likeness, image.
- A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
- A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
- (heading) Indicator of position, objective etc.
- A target for shooting at with a projectile.
- An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
- (informal) The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game; a gullible person.
- (obsolete) The female genitals.
- (Rugby football, Australian rules football) A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- (sports) The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- A score for a sporting achievement.
- An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
- (cooking) A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
- (product design/engineering) The model number of a device; a device model.
- Limit or standard of action or fact.
- Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
- (archaic) Preeminence; high position.
- (logic) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- (nautical) One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
- (heading) Attention.
- (archaic) Attention, notice.
- Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
- (obsolete) Regard; respect.
- (professional wrestling slang) Condescending label of a wrestling fan who refuses to believe that pro wrestling is predetermined and/or choreographed.
- (historical) A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- (historical) Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- (historical) A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- (historical) Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
- (historical) A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
- A male given name from Latin.
- A surname.
- Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.
- (biblical) The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.
- (astronomy) Abbreviation of Markarian. [A surname from Armenian.]
verb
- To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- (figurative) To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
- To create an indication of (a location).
- To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
- To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
- To create (a mark) on a surface.
- To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
- (of things) To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- (of people) To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- (of people) To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
- To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
- To be typical or characteristic of (something).
- To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
- (dated except in the phrase "mark my words") To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- (dated) To become aware of (something) through the physical senses.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- (Canada, UK) To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- (transitive, intransitive) To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- (Australian rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- (singing) To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
- (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march. [(intransitive) To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.]
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Examples of "mark" in Sentences
- The markings are pellucid.
- A replica gibbet marks the site.
- Markings are marked on the frill.
- The image of the mark is detected.
- Ignoramus would be closer to the mark.
- Expensive clothes are mark of gentility.
- This is the mark of an intellectual coward.
- It is one of the marks of the consipracy theorist.
- One price was marked with a cantaloupe and the other marked with a watermelon.
- The full stop, the colon, the question mark and the exclamation mark are used.
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