mark

noun marks · marke · merk · marc

1. obsolete A boundary; a border or frontier.
2. obsolete A boundary-post or fence.
3. A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers. 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.
4. The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
5. archaic A type of small region or principality. There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the Mark of Rohan.
6. historical A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
7. An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something. 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.
8. A characteristic feature. A good sense of manners is the mark of a true gentleman.
9. A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional. Then she put before her face her poor crushed hands, which bore on their whiteness the red mark of the Count's terrible grip[…].
10. A sign or brand on a person. Doubt not of thine election, it is an immutable decree; a mark never to be defaced: you have been otherwise, you may and shall be.
11. A written character or sign. The font wasn't able to render all the diacritical marks properly.
12. A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc. With eggs, you need to check for the quality mark before you buy.
13. Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station. In the official marks invested, you / Anon do meet the Senate.
14. archaic Preeminence; high position. patricians of mark
15. A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
16. An indication or sign used for reference or measurement. I filled the bottle up to the 500 ml mark.
17. A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures. Now put the pastry in at 450 degrees, or mark 8.
18. One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
19. obsolete Resemblance, likeness, image.
20. A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral). I am proud to present my patented travelator, mark two.

    Similar: Mk, Mk.

21. The model number of a device; a device model. The Mark I system had poor radar, and the Mark II was too expensive; regardless, most antiaircraft direction remained the responsibility of the Mark I Eyeball (as the jocular phrase calls it): that is, the operator's eye.
22. Commonwealth A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total. What mark did you get in your history test?
23. A score for a sporting achievement.
24. An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance. A mark for tardiness or for absence is considered by most pupils a disgrace, and strenuous efforts are made to avoid such a mark.
25. A target for shooting at with a projectile. 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.
26. informal The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game; a gullible person. 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.
27. A professional wrestling fan who believes matches are legitimate contests rather than scripted or predetermined.
28. Attention. But faults so countenanced, that the strong statutes Stand like the forfeits in a barber's shop, as much in mock as mark
29. archaic Attention, notice. His last comment is particularly worthy of mark.

    Similar: heed

30. Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier "of mark".) in the short story of western flavor he was a pioneer of mark, the founder of a genre: probably no other writer is so significant in his field.
31. obsolete Regard; respect.
32. obsolete The female genitals. A mark saies my Lady. Let the mark haue a prick in't, to meate at, if it may be.
33. A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
34. Limit or standard of action or fact. to be within the mark

Similar: observance

verb marks · marking · marked · marke · merk

1. 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
2. To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something). See where this pencil has marked the paper.

   Similar: blemish, scar, scratch, stain

3. figuratively 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.
4. To create an indication of (a location). She folded over the corner of the page to mark where she left off reading.
5. To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located. This monument marks the spot where Wolfe died.

   Similar: demonstrate, indicate, manifest, reveal, show, signal

6. To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols. Prices are marked on individual items.

   Similar: display, show, write

7. To create (a mark) on a surface. […] on opening it [the handkerchief], I saw an S mark’d in one of the corners.

   Similar: draw, trace

8. To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind. The national holiday is marked by fireworks.

   Similar: commemorate, solemnize

9. of things To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role). His courage and energy marked him as a leader.
10. of people 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 […]

    Similar: classify, mark out

11. of people 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;

    Similar: destine, mark out, target

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. The creek marks the boundary between the two farms.

    Similar: represent, see

13. To be typical or characteristic of (something). […] he still retained that simple, unostentatious elegance, that marks the man of real fashion—

    Similar: characterize, typify

14. To distinguish (one person or thing from another). Indeed the smoke was such they scarce could mark Their friends from foes,
15. 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.

    Similar: heed, look at, observe, watch

16. dated 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.

    Similar: hear, note, notice, observe, perceive, see

17. 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.
18. Canada, UK 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.

    Similar: grade, score

19. To record that (someone) has a particular status. to mark a student absent.
20. intransitive, transitive To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score. to mark the points in a game of billiards or a card game
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 marks · marke · merk · marc

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

   Similar: marco, Spanish mark, Portuguese mark

2. historical 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.
3. historical 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.’
4. historical Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.

noun mark · marks · marke · merk · marc

1. historical 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.

   Similar: Deutschmark, Deutsche Mark, German mark, Reichsmark

verb marke · merk · marc

1. alternative, imperative Alternative form of march Mark time, mark!

proper noun Marks

1. countable, uncountable A male given name from Latin. "And your name?" she said, "I suppose it's quite unremarkable?" "Very funny." "Mark. It could stand as a symbol of a man, for men as a category," she reflected, "but I don't suppose that's why your mother gave it to you?" "My mother's motives always were impenetrable to me. I was her only child, she

   Similar: Marc, Marco, Marcos, Marko, Markos, Marq, Marque, Marcus

2. countable, uncountable A surname.
3. countable, uncountable Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark. And Barnabas was determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought it not good to take him with them, who departed from them in Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder from the other; and so Bar
4. countable, uncountable The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.

   Similar: Mar.

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

noun Mark.

1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Markarian

   Similar: Mkr, MKR, Mrk, MRK, Mkn, MKN