mark out

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mark out

verb marks out · marking out · marked out

transitive To mark the boundaries of an area—used of land, wood, metal, etc.—before working upon it.
transitive To classify. I don't want to be marked out as a failure.
transitive To obliterate or cancel with a mark. to mark out an item in an account
transitive To distinguish. The hanging-bowl lampshade in marbled glass was two decades pre-war – the kind that marked out aged people.

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verb to mark the boundaries of an area before working upon it

Español	enmarcar, encuadrar
Русский	размеча́ть razmečátʹ, разме́тить razmétitʹ, разбить razbitʹ

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@misc{mark_out_2026,
  title = {mark out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mark%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}