mark

Significado

1. To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
2. To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
3. To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
4. To create an indication of (a location).
5. To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
6. To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
7. To create (a mark) on a surface.
8. To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
9. To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
10. To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
11. To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
12. 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.
13. To be typical or characteristic of (something).
14. To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
15. To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
16. To become aware of (something) through the physical senses.
17. To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
18. To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
19. To record that (someone) has a particular status.
20. To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
21. To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
22. To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
23. To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
24. To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.

Frecuencia

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/mɑːk/

Etimoloxía

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 *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”). Compare march. cognates * Dutch mark, merk (“mark, brand”) * German Mark (“mark; borderland”), Marke (“brand”) * Swedish mark (“mark, land, territory”) * Icelandic mark (“mark, sign”) * Latin margo (“edge, margin”) * Persian مرز (marz, “limit, boundary”) * Sanskrit मर्या (maryā, “limit, mark, boundary”), मार्ग (mārga, “mark, section”).