mark
Forms
- Plural
- marks
- present (v1)
- mark
- past (v2)
- marked
- past participle (v3)
- marked
- present participle
- marking
- 3rd person singular
- marks
Definitions
1.Boundary, land within a boundary.
- There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the Mark of Rohan.
- I do remember a great thron in Yatton field near Bristow-way, against which Sir William Waller's men made a great fire and killed it. I think the stump remains, and was a mark for travellers.
2.Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
- I filled the bottle up to the 500 ml mark.
- Now put the pastry in at 450 degrees, or mark 8.
- I am proud to present my patented travelator, mark two.
3.Score, grade, or related judgement.
- What mark did you get in your history test?
- A mark for tardiness or for absence is considered by most pupils a disgrace, and strenuous efforts are made to avoid such a mark.
4.Target or indicator.
- 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.
- Another common form of short con is the shell game. This scam has the advantage of giving the criminal the ability to rip off many marks all at one location.
1.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?
2.To create an indication of (a location).
- Some animals mark their territory by urinating.
- She folded over the corner of the page to mark where she left off reading.
3.To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- Her son wrote badly, as if fearful of marking the page at all.
4.To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- The floor was marked with wine and blood.
- See where this pencil has marked the paper.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1932
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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 *mórǵs (“edge, boundary, border”).