march

Meaning

1. A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
2. A political rally or parade
3. Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
4. Steady forward movement or progression.
5. The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.

parade

walk

butt on

marching music

butt against

border district

march on

military parade

make goose step

move the army

move the army to

move troops

take part in a demonstration

walk in a line

marching song

length of travel

distance of run

walk in single file

martial music

quick march

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɑːtʃ/

From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“area, region, edge, rim, border”), akin to Persian مرز (marz), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“edge, boundary”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc (“mark, boundary”). Compare mark, from Old English mearcian.

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