mark
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: From Middle English mark, merk, merke, from Old English mearc (“mark, sign, line of division; standard; boundary, limit, term, border; defined area, district, province”), from Proto-West Germanic *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary, border”).
Compare march.
Cognates
* Dutch mark, merk (“mark, brand”)
* German Mark (“mark; borderland”), Marke (“mark, brand”)
* Swedish mark (“mark, land, territory”)
* Icelandic mark (“mark, sign”)
* Latin margō (“edge, margin”)
* Persian مرز (marz, “limit, boundary”)
* Sanskrit मर्या (maryā, “limit, mark, boundary”), मार्ग (mārga, “mark, section”).
Inflected forms:
form: marks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: marke
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: merk
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: marc
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: marks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: marking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: marked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: marked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: marke
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: merk
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: marc
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Boundary, land within a boundary.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: Boundary, land within a boundary.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: Boundary, land within a boundary.
pos: noun
examples: I do remember a great thron in Yatton field near Bristow-way, against which Sir William Waller's men made a great fire and killed it. I think the stump remains, and was a mark for travellers.
gloss: Boundary, land within a boundary.
pos: noun
gloss: Boundary, land within a boundary.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the Mark of Rohan.
gloss: Boundary, land within a boundary.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
pos: noun
examples: depend upon it, you will speedily receive from me a letter of thanks for this as well as for every other mark of your regard during my stay in Hertfordshire.
gloss: Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
pos: noun
examples: A good sense of manners is the mark of a true gentleman.
there is surely a physiognomy, which those experienced and master mendicants observe, whereby they instantly discover a merciful aspect, and will single out a face, wherein they spy the signatures and marks of mercy.
gloss: Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
pos: noun
examples: Then she put before her face her poor crushed hands, which bore on their whiteness the red mark of the Count's terrible grip[…].
gloss: Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
pos: noun
examples: Doubt not of thine election, it is an immutable decree; a mark never to be defaced: you have been otherwise, you may and shall be.
gloss: Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
pos: noun
examples: The font wasn't able to render all the diacritical marks properly.
gloss: Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
pos: noun
examples: With eggs, you need to check for the quality mark before you buy.
But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?
The mark of the artisan is found upon the most ancient fabrics that have come to light.
gloss: Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
pos: noun
examples: In the official marks invested, you / Anon do meet the Senate.
gloss: Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: patricians of mark
a fellow of no mark
gloss: Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
pos: noun
gloss: Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
pos: noun
examples: I filled the bottle up to the 500ml mark.
gloss: Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
pos: noun
examples: Now put the pastry in at 450 degrees, or mark 8.
gloss: Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
pos: noun
gloss: Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
pos: noun
examples: I am proud to present my patented travelator, mark two.
gloss: Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
pos: noun
examples: The Mark I system had poor radar, and the Mark II was too expensive; regardless, most antiaircraft direction remained the responsibility of the Mark I Eyeball (as the jocular phrase calls it): that is, the operator's eye.
gloss: Score, grade, or related judgement.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
examples: What mark did you get in your history test?
gloss: Score, grade, or related judgement.
pos: noun
gloss: Score, grade, or related judgement.
pos: noun
examples: A mark for tardiness or for absence is considered by most pupils a disgrace, and strenuous efforts are made to avoid such a mark.
gloss: Target or indicator.
pos: noun
examples: A skilfull archer ought first to know the marke he aimeth at, and then apply his hand, his bow, his string, his arrow and his motion accordingly.
To give them an accurate eye and strength of arm, none under twenty-four years of age might shoot at any standing mark, except it was for a rover, and then he was to change his mark at every shot; and no person above that age might shoot at any mark whose distance was less than eleven score yards.
gloss: Target or indicator.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Another common form of short con is the shell game. This scam has the advantage of giving the criminal the ability to rip off many marks all at one location.
[Xi Jinping] asked for Trump's personal attention to the issue, probably figuring he had identified his mark and wasn't going to let him get away.
Dominic Di Grasso (Michael Imperioli): How are you gonna make it in life if you're this big a mark?
Albie Di Grasso (Adam DiMarco): I'm not a mark.
gloss: Target or indicator.
pos: noun
gloss: Attention.
pos: noun
examples: But faults so countenanced, that the strong statutes Stand like the forfeits in a barber's shop, as much in mock as mark
gloss: Attention.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: His last comment is particularly worthy of mark.
gloss: Attention.
pos: noun
examples: in the short story of western flavor he was a pioneer of mark, the founder of a genre: probably no other writer is so significant in his field.
gloss: Attention.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: The female genitals.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: A mark saies my Lady. Let the mark haue a prick in't, to meate at, if it may be.
her thighs were still spread, and the mark lay fair for him, who, now kneeling between them, displayed to us a side-view of that fierce erect machine of his[…].
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: Limit or standard of action or fact.
pos: noun
examples: to be within the mark
to come up to the mark
gloss: To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
pos: verb
examples: to mark a box or bale of merchandise
to mark clothing with one's name
[I]f you drink much from a bottle marked “poison,” it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.
Her son wrote badly, as if fearful of marking the page at all.
gloss: To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
pos: verb
examples: See where this pencil has marked the paper.
The floor was marked with wine and blood.
Those Wheels returning ne’er shall mark the Plain;
Advertisements are from time to time inserted, stating that slaves have escaped […] marked with the lash, branded with red-hot irons, the initials of their master’s name burned into their flesh;
gloss: To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: The death of his wife, followed by months of being alone, had marked him with guilt and shame and had left an unbreaking loneliness on him.
What Uncle Marc had been through as a slave marked him, I’m sure, but I don’t know how much. How can you know what a man would be like if he had grown up unmarked by horror?
It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].
gloss: To create an indication of (a location).
pos: verb
examples: She folded over the corner of the page to mark where she left off reading.
Some animals mark their territory by urinating.
gloss: To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
pos: verb
examples: This monument marks the spot where Wolfe died.
A bell marked the end of visiting hours.
And where the jolly Troop [of elves and fairies] had led the round
The Grass unbidden rose, and mark’d the Ground:
She gave her an answer which marked her contempt, and instantly left the room,
[…] the cloth was laid for him […] and a plate laid thereon to mark that the table was retained,
[…] the lazy circling vultures marked the Hill of Execution, which was littered with human bones and scavenged by hyaenas.
Her forehead, lashed deep with lines, marked her fifty-six years.
gloss: To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
pos: verb
examples: Prices are marked on individual items.
In her Bible, the words of Christ were marked in red.
[…] it was in the middle of May, on the sixteenth Day I think, as well as my poor wooden Calendar would reckon; for I markt all upon the Post still;
“What does the clock mark now?”
“Eight minutes to seven.”
gloss: To create (a mark) on a surface.
pos: verb
examples: […] on opening it [the handkerchief], I saw an S mark’d in one of the corners.
I mark this cross of blood upon you, as a sign that I do it.
[…] I was testing a stack of old whitewalls, dunking them in the water and marking a yellow chalk circle around each leak.
gloss: To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
pos: verb
examples: The national holiday is marked by fireworks.
It was only four thirty but Gerald was marking his guests’ arrival with a Pimm’s, […]
gloss: To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
pos: verb
examples: His courage and energy marked him as a leader.
[…] the son approached her with a cheerful eagerness which marked her as his peculiar object,
The black dress, gold cross on the watch-chain, the hairless face, and the soft, black wideawake hat would have marked him as a holy man anywhere in all India.
His long thin falling-away cheekbones marked him as a member of either the Xhosa or Zulu tribe.
Enquiring about the movement of trains—even if you were a passenger on one—could mark you as a saboteur.
gloss: To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
pos: verb
examples: The new captain would read the fitness report and mark him once and for all as an unreliable fool […]
gloss: To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
pos: verb
examples: When a king, hath once markt for his hate, / A man inferior; […] / […] euermore, he rakes vp in his brest, / Brands of quicke anger;
[…] I know now that humankind marks certain people for death.
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
examples: The creek marks the boundary between the two farms.
That summer marked the beginning of her obsession with cycling.
[…] we hastened toward the bordering desert which marked our entrance into the realm of Tal Hajus.
Although the Second World War marked a turning away from inorganic chemicals as pesticides into the wonder world of the carbon molecule, a few of the old materials persist.
My grandfather’s short employ at the Ford Motor Company marked the only time any Stephanides has ever worked in the automobile industry.
gloss: To be typical or characteristic of (something).
pos: verb
examples: […] he still retained that simple, unostentatious elegance, that marks the man of real fashion—
“Ah,” replied Roger Chillingworth, with that quietness which […] marked all his deportment,
[…] Cyril’s attitude to his mother was marked by a certain benevolent negligence
gloss: To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
pos: verb
examples: Indeed the smoke was such they scarce could mark
Their friends from foes,
Despite their obvious differences these poets had a common view of life which marks them from their predecessors […]
Each day was so like the day before, and Christmas Day, when it came, would not have anything to mark it from all the others.
gloss: To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
pos: verb
examples: Mark my words: that boy’s up to no good.
More are men’s ends mark’d than their lives before:
I wonder that you will still be talking, Signior Benedick: nobody marks you.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
When they had passed out of the wood into the pasture-land beyond, Ruth once more turned to mark him.
“When Wolsey came down, I said, mark him, he’s a sharp fellow. […]”
gloss: To become aware of (something) through the physical senses.
pos: verb
tags: dated
examples: Some of them [the Animals] coming forward near the place where I lay, gave me an opportunity of distinctly marking their Form.
He bent his eyes involuntarily upon the father as he spoke, and marked his uneasiness, for he coloured directly and turned his head away.
1881, John Bascom, “Improvements in Language” in The Western: A Journal of Literature, Education, and Art, New Series, Volume 7, No. 6, December, 1881, p. 499,
[…] it is to be remembered that a poor speller is a poor pronouncer. The ear does not mark the sound any more exactly than the eye marks the letters.
Helm had a great horn, and soon it was marked that before he sallied forth he would blow a blast upon it that echoed in the Deep;
gloss: To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
pos: verb
examples: I marked my man, standing on the catwalk, and waited to throw [my javelin] till he started to climb inboard before they rammed.
gloss: To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
pos: verb
tags: Canada
UK
examples: The teacher had to spend her weekend marking all the tests.
Under the proposals, an assurance is given that GBR (in the words of the plan) will not be marking its own homework.
gloss: To record that (someone) has a particular status.
pos: verb
examples: to mark a student absent.
gloss: To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: to mark the points in a game of billiards or a card game
Dan was to mark while the doctor and I played [billiards].
gloss: To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
pos: verb
gloss: To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
pos: verb
gloss: To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
pos: verb
gloss: To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
pos: verb
Synonyms: observance
Derived words: accent mark
airmark
atmark
beauty mark
bench-mark
benchmark
beside the mark
birthmark
bitemark
black mark
blue check mark
bookmark
brandmark
brushmark
byte-order mark
byte order mark
cardinal mark
catchmark
center mark
centre mark
certification mark
chatter mark
checkmark
check mark
chest mark
chop mark
claiming mark
classmark
coachmark
combining mark
consequential mark
cost mark
countermark
crop mark
cropmark
cue mark
cutmark
datemark
daymark
decimal mark
diacritical mark
diagonal mark
ditto mark
dragmark
early mark
easy mark
end mark
exclamation mark
eyemark
factory mark
fieldmark
filemark
fingermark
fire mark
floodmark
footmark
Four Marks
fox mark
full marks
funnel mark
gas mark
geta mark
get off the mark
ghost mark
God bless the mark
God save the mark
goldmark
graduation mark
hall-mark
hallmark
handmark
hash mark
headmark
hesitation mark
high-water mark
hit the mark
honey mark
hoof-mark
hoofmark
interrogation mark
inverted question mark
irony mark
iteration mark
kitemark
landmark
land mark
lapmark
lateral mark
laundry-mark
laundry mark
leave a mark
leave one's mark
lettermark
logomark
longing mark
longing-mark
long-vowel mark
lovemark
low-water mark
lugmark
make a mark
make one's mark
manga mark
mark 1 eyeball
mark and sweep
Mark Cross
markland
Markland
markless
mark-making
markman
mark of admiration
mark of Cain
mark of exclamation
mark of interrogation
mark of the beast
Mark of the Web
markproof
marksheet
marksman
marksperson
markstone
markswoman
mark-to-market
mark to market
mark-to-model
mark to model
mark tree
mark-white
markworthy
matchmark
mating mark
metalmark
micromark
miss the mark
monomark
mother's mark
near the mark
no mark
no-mark
noonmark
oblique mark
official mark
off the mark
O mark
on one's mark
on the mark
on your mark
on your marks
order-mark
order mark
overshoot the mark
overstep the mark
paragraph mark
penalty mark
pitch mark
placemark
plate mark
platemark
Plimsoll mark
plus mark
pockmark
pointing mark
pontil mark
port-wine mark
postmark
privy mark
proof mark
pugmark
punctuation mark
question mark
quick off the mark
quotation mark
quote mark
reference mark
registration mark
Regulo mark
remainder mark
remark
re-mark
reporting mark
ripple mark
save the mark
sawmark
scent mark
scratchmark
scuff mark
seamark
sea mark
servicemark
service mark
setmark
shelfmark
shilling mark
shopmark
shoulder mark
skidmark
skid-mark
skid mark
slap mark
slash-mark
slash mark
slow off the mark
smark
sole mark
soulmark
spectacular mark
speech mark
strawberry mark
stress mark
stretch mark
studmark
submark
surmark
swanmark
swan mark
tally mark
teethmark
teeth mark
tempo mark
thumbmark
tick mark
tidemark
toe the mark
tomahawk mark
tone mark
toolmark
toothmark
tooth mark
touchmark
touch-mark
track mark
trade mark
trade-mark
trademark
trustmark
up to the mark
vaccination mark
walk the chalk mark
watermark
wavemark
waymark
Welsh Mark
wide of the mark
witness mark
wordmark
word mark
X mark
year mark
earmark
bemark
man-mark
markable
mark as
markdown
mark down
mark down as
marked
marker
marking
mark my word
mark my words
mark off
mark one's own homework
mark out
mark someone's card
mark time
mark up
mark-up
mark with a white stone
milemark
mismark
nonmarking
outmark
overmark
pressmark
undermark
unmark
unmarked
X marks the spot
Translations:
lang: Southern Altai
word: белги
roman: belgi
lang: Southern Altai
word: билди
roman: bildi
lang: Armenian
word: նշան
roman: nšan
lang: Armenian
word: հետք
roman: hetkʻ
lang: Bulgarian
word: знак
roman: znak
lang: Bulgarian
word: отме́тка
roman: otmétka
lang: Catalan
word: marca
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 標記 /标记
roman: biāojì
lang: Czech
word: značka
lang: Dutch
word: markering
lang: Dutch
word: aanduiding
lang: Dutch
word: teken
lang: Esperanto
word: marko
lang: Finnish
word: merkki
lang: French
word: marque
lang: French
word: signe
lang: Friulian
word: segn
lang: Galician
word: marco
lang: Galician
word: marca
lang: German
word: Zeichen
lang: Hebrew
word: סִימָן
roman: simán
lang: Icelandic
word: mark
lang: Ingrian
word: merkki
lang: Ingrian
word: tähti
lang: Italian
word: segno
lang: Italian
word: tacca
lang: Japanese
word: 標識
roman: hyōshiki
lang: Japanese
word: マーク
roman: māku
lang: Korean
word: 마크
roman: makeu
lang: Korean
word: 표식
roman: pyosik
lang: Macedonian
word: о́знака
roman: óznaka
lang: Malay
word: tanda
lang: Māori
word: matohu
lang: Norman
word: mèrque
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: merke
lang: Old English
word: mǣl
lang: Old English
word: tācn
lang: Iranian Persian
word: نِشانِه
roman: nešâne
lang: Portuguese
word: marco
lang: Romanian
word: marcă
lang: Romanian
word: semn
lang: Romanian
word: bornă
lang: Russian
word: знак
roman: znak
lang: Russian
word: отме́тка
roman: otmétka
lang: Sicilian
word: marca
lang: Sicilian
word: mercu
lang: Sicilian
word: ntacca
lang: Sicilian
word: sinna
lang: Sicilian
word: sinnala
lang: Sicilian
word: stampa
lang: Slovene
word: oznaka
lang: Spanish
word: marca
lang: Spanish
word: venero
lang: Swahili
word: alama
lang: Swedish
word: märke
lang: Tamil
word: குறி
roman: kuṟi
lang: Tamil
word: குறியீடு
roman: kuṟiyīṭu
lang: Tocharian B
word: ṣotri
lang: Ukrainian
word: знак
roman: znak
lang: Ukrainian
word: відмі́тка
roman: vidmítka
lang: Uyghur
word: بەلگە
roman: belge
lang: Uyghur
word: ماركا
roman: marka
lang: Armenian
word: միավոր
roman: miavor
lang: Bulgarian
word: резулта́т
roman: rezultát
lang: Dutch
word: punt
lang: Dutch
word: score
lang: French
word: score
lang: Italian
word: punteggio
lang: Macedonian
word: резулта́т
roman: rezultát
lang: Malay
word: mata
lang: Portuguese
word: pontuação
lang: Romanian
word: scor
lang: Russian
word: счёт
roman: sčot
lang: Russian
word: результа́т
roman: rezulʹtát
lang: Swahili
word: maki
lang: Ukrainian
word: раху́нок
roman: raxúnok
lang: Vietnamese
word: điểm
lang: Ainu
word: ナイェ
roman: naye
lang: Basque
word: aztarna
lang: Basque
word: marka
lang: Bulgarian
word: петно́
roman: petnó
lang: Bulgarian
word: бе́лег
roman: béleg
lang: Catalan
word: marca
lang: Dutch
word: blaam
lang: Finnish
word: jälki
lang: Finnish
word: tahra
lang: Finnish
word: läiskä (splotch)
lang: Finnish
word: naarmu
lang: French
word: trace
lang: Galician
word: marca
lang: Icelandic
word: far
lang: Icelandic
word: blettur
lang: Irish
word: ball
lang: Italian
word: macchia
lang: Khmer
word: រខិត
roman: rɔɔrɔkhət
lang: Macedonian
word: бе́лег
roman: béleg
lang: Macedonian
word: да́мка
roman: dámka
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: flekk
lang: Portuguese
word: mancha
lang: Portuguese
word: marca
lang: Romanian
word: urmă
lang: Romanian
word: pată
lang: Russian
word: пятно́
roman: pjatnó
lang: Russian
word: след
roman: sled
lang: Russian
word: отме́тина
roman: otmétina
lang: Spanish
word: marca
lang: Spanish
word: mancha
lang: Swahili
word: maki
lang: Swahili
word: alama
lang: Tagalog
word: gurlis
lang: Tagalog
word: alaal
lang: Tagalog
word: marka
lang: Thai
word: เครื่องหมาย
roman: krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai
lang: Ukrainian
word: мі́тка
roman: mítka
lang: Ukrainian
word: по́значка
roman: póznačka
lang: Uyghur
word: ئىز
roman: iz
lang: Vietnamese
word: vết