mark

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Boundary, land within a boundary.

2. 2

   Characteristic, sign, visible impression.

   • 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.
3. 3

   Indicator of position, objective etc.

   • 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.
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   1. 4

      Attention.

      • But faults so countenanced, that the strong statutes Stand like the forfeits in a barber's shop, as much in mock as mark
   2. 5

      To put a mark on (something)

      To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).

      • 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.
   3. 6

      To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).

      • 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;
   4. 7

      To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).

      • 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?
   5. 8

      To create an indication of (a location).

      • She folded over the corner of the page to mark where she left off reading.
      • Some animals mark their territory by urinating.
   6. 9

      To be an indication of (something)

      To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.

      • 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:
   7. 10

      To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.

      • 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;
   8. 11

      To create (a mark) on a surface.

      • […] 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.
   9. 12

      To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.

      • The national holiday is marked by fireworks.
      • It was only four thirty but Gerald was marking his guests’ arrival with a Pimm’s, […]
   10. 13

       To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).

       • 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.
   11. 14

       To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.

       • The new captain would read the fitness report and mark him once and for all as an unreliable fool […]
   12. 15

       To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.

       • 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.
   13. 16

       To be a point in time or space at which something takes place

       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.

       • 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.
   14. 17

       To be typical or characteristic of (something).

       • […] 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
   15. 18

       To distinguish (one person or thing from another).

       • 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.
   16. 19

       To focus one's attention on (something or someone)

       To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.

       • 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.
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       To become aware of (something) through the physical senses.

       • 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.
   18. 21

       To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.

       • I marked my man, standing on the catwalk, and waited to throw [my javelin] till he started to climb inboard before they rammed.
   19. 22

       To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers,…

       To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).

       • 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.
   20. 23

       To record that (someone) has a particular status.

       • to mark a student absent.
   21. 24

       To keep account of

       To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.

       • to mark the points in a game of billiards or a card game
       • Dan was to mark while the doctor and I played [billiards].
   22. 25

       To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them…

       To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.

   23. 26

       To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched…

       To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.

   24. 27

       To put a marker in the place of one's ball.

   25. 28

       To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice…

       To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.

   26. 29

       A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.

   27. 30

       Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.

       • As a reward for his poetry, Athelstan gave Egil two more gold rings weighing a mark each, along with an expensive cloak that the king himself had worn.
   28. 31

       A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and…

       A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.

       • George, on receiving it, instantly rose from the side of one of them, and said, in the hearing of them all, ‘I will bet a hundred merks that is Drummond.’
       • He had been made a royal counsellor, drawing a substantial annual salary of a hundred marks.
   29. 32

       Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.

   30. 33

       A former currency of Germany and West Germany.

       • Aus der Geschichte der menschlichen Dummheit. By Dr. Max Kemmerich. Price 3 mark 50 pfennige. Bavaria: Verlag Albert Langen, Munich.
   31. 34

       Alternative form of march.

       • Mark time, mark!
       • Forward, mark!
   32. 35

       A male given name from Latin.

   33. 36

       A surname.

   34. 37

       Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited…

       Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.

   35. 38

       The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the…

       The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.

   36. 39

       A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS…

       A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST3747).

   37. 40

       Abbreviation of Markarian.

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