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marker

/ˈmɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)

noun markers

countable, uncountable A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen. Don't use the permanent marker on the whiteboard.
countable, uncountable A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores. "It has been ready a long while," answered the marker, who had already set the balls in a triangle, and was knocking the red one about for his own diversion.
countable, uncountable A device that fires a paintball.
countable, uncountable Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly Board member Phillip Carlson […] said he considers [the election of] Brading to be a marker for the distance the gay and lesbian community has come.
countable, uncountable A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for. Pellegrini insisted this was a game City had to win - this they did and with the sort of performance that put down a marker for how the Chilean wants his team to play.
countable, uncountable A location on a stage or set where an actor is to stand or move to during a scene, usually indicated by a small X design placed on the floor.
countable, uncountable A direction issued by a camera operator for actors to be on their locations in readiness for a take.
US, countable, slang, uncountable Synonym of IOU, an informal record of a debt.
Similar: IOU
countable, uncountable A free or bound morpheme indicating a grammatical function.
abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of discourse marker
countable, uncountable A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species. Markers are mapped relative to one another on chromosomes and used as signposts against which to map genes of interest that are linked with marker. This process of finding the linked markers/genes is referred to as grouping.
countable, uncountable A substance used as an indicator for diagnosis or other analysis, a biomarker. Nurse Hall: Is there any reason we shouldn't do a full workup? / Steve Denube: Ignorance is bliss; that's about it. Hangover's worse than usual but that's probably from the drinking and recreational drug use. / Nurse Hall: We'll ignore the ganja and booger sugar markers.
countable, uncountable The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column or marks the direction of an alignment.
countable, uncountable A sewing machine attachment that creases the fabric to mark a line
countable, uncountable A counter, especially one used in card games or backgammon.
countable, uncountable Any of various objects that mark a place on the landscape, such as a milepost, blaze, or surveyor's cairn.
UK, countable, uncountable Someone who assigns marks on tests, examinations, etc.; a grader. So, in his end of term report, what marks would Brown award himself for his time at TfL? "8½," he replies. Why? "I'm a hard marker! […]
colloquial, uncountable The ink marks or residue of a felt-tipped pen. Susie got marker all over the walls.
countable, figuratively, uncountable A personal favor owed to someone, whether written or not. We may not be able to do this alone. Maybe it’s time to call in some of our markers.
countable, uncountable A formal certification that a company was the first to approach a competition authority to reveal the existence of a cartel, generally entitling it to greater leniency during the cartel's dissolution and punishment.
countable, uncountable A player on defense used to mark one or more offensive players. He skipped past Marc Wilson before clipping a delicious cross into the Stoke danger zone, where Cisse's sharp movement allowed him to escape marker Robert Huth and send a far-post header crashing against the crossbar. And Cabaye was waiting to pounce on the rebound with a close range header.
countable, dated, uncountable A player employed by a private club to compete against members. The Court itself, with its rent, the wages of the Marker and the tips to the Marker, the rackets and the balls, the baths and the flannels and the washing of the flannels, do much to account for the costliness of play.
Philippines, countable, informal, uncountable A point, unit of scoring in a game or competition.

verb markers · markering · markered

To mark or write on (something) using a marker On one page someone has markered: "Remember, you are your own best thing."

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: marking, mark, crayon, pencil, spot, gauge, beacon, plaque, dial, landmark, contour, tag, tagging, pointer, bookmark, maker

Translations

Every language

noun object used to mark location

Español	venero
Português	marco
Français	marqueur, tetrahedron
Deutsch	Markierung
Română	marker
Русский	ме́тка métka, указа́тель ukazátelʹ

noun someone or something that marks

Português	marcador
Français	marqueur
Română	marcator

noun a device that fires a paintball

Português	marcador
Français	marqueur
Ελληνικά	μαρκαδόρος markadóros

noun note of debt

Italiano	nota, quota

noun free or bound morpheme indicating a grammatical function

Español	marcador
Tiếng Việt	chỉ tố

noun a gene or DNA sequence with a known location

Español	marcador
Português	marcador
Français	marqueur
Italiano	marcatore

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@misc{marker_2026,
  title = {marker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}