mark
Meaning
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- 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).
- 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.
- To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- 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).
- To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- To become aware of (something) through the physical senses.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
Synonyms
make a mark
bull’s eye
make a sign
denounce
bull’s-eye
disclose
distinguishing mark
German mark
foot-mark
starting line
take note of
characteristics identification
observe carefully
dark spot
index number
engrave an inscription
desingnation
keep apart
make a note
posted price
marking off
give credit mark
powdered spot on the forehead
price card
put a cross on
cat-face
check off notch
characteristic feature
indentify
act of stamping
character-istic
rid of
characteristic mark
separate off
separate out
indicatory sign
shop sign
severalise
finnmark
graduation line
guide mark
take notice of
laying-out
leave an impression on
marking out
layout liner
virgule
marking-on
labeled price
get dirty
distinctive feature
distinctive mark
key out
leave a mark
mark of distinction
recognize identify
extirpate
small amount
Frequency
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”).
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