mark

Meaning

Verb

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.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Boundary, land within a boundary.
2. (obsolete) Boundary, land within a boundary.
3. Boundary, land within a boundary.
4. Boundary, land within a boundary.
5. Boundary, land within a boundary.
6. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
7. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
8. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
9. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
10. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
11. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
12. (obsolete) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
13. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
14. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
15. Indicator of position, objective etc.
16. Indicator of position, objective etc.
17. (informal) Indicator of position, objective etc.
18. (obsolete) Indicator of position, objective etc.
19. Indicator of position, objective etc.
20. Indicator of position, objective etc.
21. Indicator of position, objective etc.
22. Indicator of position, objective etc.
23. Indicator of position, objective etc.
24. Indicator of position, objective etc.
25. Indicator of position, objective etc.
26. Indicator of position, objective etc.
27. Indicator of position, objective etc.
28. Indicator of position, objective etc.
29. Indicator of position, objective etc.
30. Attention.
31. Attention.
32. (obsolete) Attention.
33. Attention.
34. (slang) Condescending label of a wrestling fan who refuses to believe that pro wrestling is predetermined and/or choreographed.

Noun

1. A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
2. Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
3. A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
4. Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.

Noun

A former currency of Germany and West Germany.

Concepts

mark

sign

token

symbol

spot

brand

grade

stamp

trace

signal

score

target

stain

scar

indicate

label

note

indication

point

character

aim

print

emblem

track

seal

marking

scratch

imprint

denote

line

distinguish

write

marker

check

characterize

objective

tick

tag

show

flag

stigma

draw

butt

characteristic

badge

designate

notch

dot

observe

evidence

cut

stigmatize

blemish

impression

figure

vestige

inscribe

streak

blot

pit

notice

footprint

object

differentiate

motion

point out

number

earmark

trademark

scrape

make a mark

cross

blotch

tick off

record

Deutschmark

symptom

pock

stigmatise

goal

standard

jot

speck

omen

reference

symbolize

smear

smudge

ensign

insignia

gauge

index

make a sign

check off

signature

design

bull’s eye

cross off

cross out

strike off

strike out

nock

denounce

chump

fall guy

fool

gull

mug

patsy

soft touch

sucker

impress

sentinel

attribute

register

stick

trail

discriminate

appoint

choose

connote

demonstrate

display

elect

manifest

opt

pick out

suggest

question

certificate

certification

deposition

proof

testimony

cutting

typify

splotch

signifier

demarcate

divide

map out

bull’s-eye

tracks

code

indicator

direct

rate

hallmark

ticket

fathom

sound

freckle

see

distinguishing mark

bell ringer

home run

punctuate

commemorate

mark off

set

crisscross

Deutsche Mark

German mark

cachet

fleck

distinction

boundary

chart

reveal

disclose

markka

stroke

spoor

measure

degree

take notice

blip

strip

engrave

dash

paint

correct

form

mould

enter

inscription

writing

review

drop

remove

harvest

mean

signify

make

portent

highlight

augury

sore

discern

recognize identify

full stop

locus

moment

period

stop

mark of distinction

abide

abide by

comply

keep

mind

obey

respect

watch

identify

assign

specify

take note of

besmirch

dirty

soil

approximation

direction

estimate

guess

points

landmark

branding iron

engrave an inscription

give credit mark

etch

tally

guide

pointer

crest

birthmark

flaw

put a cross on

powdered spot on the forehead

indentify

qualify

clue

hint

intimation

key

suggestion

detail

image

idiosyncrasy

particularity

start

starting line

check off notch

price tag

pockmark

cat-face

cicatrix

scarify

autograph

tattoo

star

look at

behold

dark spot

mole

distinctive mark

characteristic mark

character-istic

indicatory sign

observe carefully

perceive

device

criterion

yardstick

touchstone

rating

remark

importance

frontier

nick

dent

leave an impression on

signalize

destine

touch

budget

finnmark

cicatrice

crease

fold

stripe

designation

idea

notion

foot-mark

pug

defect

monument

burn

pierce

prick

puncture

sting

wound

order

pitch

rank

place

prodigy

virgule

blaze

chalk

jot down

make a note

notch up

animus

cause

effect

end

intension

purport

purpose

purview

sake

scope

sentry

tenor

view

tee

chalk line

laying-out

layout liner

lineation

marking off

marking out

marking-on

ruling

scribe

scribing

bid price

labeled price

posted price

price card

pricing

characteristics identification

labeling

tab

guide mark

desingnation

shop sign

feature

specificity

trait

catalogue

contents

directory

list

table of contents

slice

act of stamping

draw a line

ridge

pressure

stamping

common

common land

map

brush

coat

be

by

characterise

formative

its

leave

marked

mold

on

shape

their

turn

draft

draught

pencil

plot

portray

sketch

route

stud

attack

animadvert

assess

castigate

criminate

criticize

evaluate

fault

find fault

judge

peer review

rap

break

cashier

decouple

descry

disentangle

disestablish

disjoin

dismiss

disperse

dissociate

disunite

drum out

excommunicate

expel

fire

force out

isolate

keep apart

key out

know

resolve

secern

secernate

segregate

send down

separate

separate off

separate out

sequester

sequestrate

set apart

severalise

severalize

sunder

tell apart

uncouple

clew

mar

scent

shadow

slot

tincture

wallop

fete

solemnise

solemnize

triumph

amend

backspace

crop

doctor

patch

reclaim

remedy

repair

revamp

touch on

vamp

air

embossment

lineament

signet

handstamp

meter

postmark

rubberstamp

clout

sitting duck

accession

amount

count

implicate

imply

portend

put down

represent

spell

stand for

subscribe

brand name

flash

item

manifestation

pip

digit

issue

numeral

pick up

ablate

abolish

abrogate

blank out

breathe

call in

clear

close out

crush

cull

cut out

delete

draw away

drive out

edit

eject

eliminate

excise

expunge

extirpate

hollow out

kill

lift

lop

obviate

preclude

pull

purge

rid of

scratch out

strike

take

take away

take out

waste

wipe away

wipe off

write off

stem

audit

inspect

survey

vet

delimit

remains

ruin

result

speckle

ranking

punctuation mark

leave a mark

level

characteristic feature

distinctive feature

accent

stress

underline

characteristics

individuality

temperament

fence

recognize

feast

color

injury

delineate

take note

characterization

witness

tell

report

pass

graduation

march

intimate

division

graduation line

graduation mark

photograph

hours

small amount

teach

traces

comment

mark up

notation

price

take notice of

nucleoskeleton

postage

denotement

index number

key signature

signaling

ideogram

foreign currency

foreign exchange

inquisition

interrogative

interrogatory

interview

book

consign

write down

tarnish

affect

interject

work

bemire

besmear

get dirty

muck

dye

calling

destiny

decorate

outline

chop

to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɑːk/

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 *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”).

Sentences

He heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so .