Mark

Noun

 * 1) boundary, land in a boundary
 * 2)  A boundary; a border or frontier.
 * 3)  A boundary-post or fence.
 * 4) A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
 * 5) * 1859, Henry Bull, A history, military and municipal, of the ancient borough of the Devizes:
 * 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.
 * 1)  A type of small region or principality.
 * 2) * 1954, JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers:
 * There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the Mark of Rohan.
 * 1)  A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
 * 2) characteristic, sign, visible impression
 * 3) An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
 * 4) * 1813, Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice:
 * 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.
 * 1) A characteristic feature.
 * 2) * 1643, Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici:
 * there is surely a physiognomy, which those experienced and master mendicants observe, whereby they instantly discover a merciful aspect, and will single out a face, wherein they spy the signatures and marks of mercy.
 * A good sense of manners is the mark of a true gentleman.
 * 1) A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
 * 2) * 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula:
 * Then she put before her face her poor crushed hands, which bore on their whiteness the red mark of the Count's terrible grip [...].
 * 1) A sign or brand on a person.
 * 2) * 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.iv.2.6:
 * 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.
 * 1) A written character or sign.
 * The font wasn't able to render all the diacritical marks properly.
 * 1) A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
 * With eggs, you need to check for the quality mark before you buy.
 * 1)  Resemblance, likeness, image.
 * 2) * circa 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales:
 * Which mankynde is so fair part of thy werk / That thou it madest lyk to thyn owene merk.
 * 1) A particular design or make of an item.
 * Presenting...my patented travelator, mark two.
 * 1) A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such point gained as out of a possible total.
 * What mark did you get in your history test?
 * 1) indicator of position, objective etc.
 * 2) A target for shooting at with a projectile.
 * 3) * 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.1:
 * 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.
 * 1) * 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 37:
 * To give them an accurate eye and strength of arm, none under twenty-four years of age might shoot at any standing mark, except it was for a rover, and then he was to change his mark at every shot; and no person above that age might shoot at any mark whose distance was less than eleven score yards.
 * 1) An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
 * I filled the bottle up to the 500ml mark.
 * 1) The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game.
 * 2)  The female genitals.
 * 3) * 1596, William Shakespeare, Love's Labours Lost, I.4:
 * A mark saies my Lady. Let the mark haue a prick in't, to meate at, if it may be.
 * 1) * 1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Penguin 1985, p. 68:
 * her thighs were still spread, and the mark lay fair for him, who, now kneeling between them, displayed to us a side-view of that fierce erect machine of his [...].
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
 * 3) 20 A score for a sporting achievement.
 * 4) 20 A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
 * Now put the pastry in at 450 degrees, or mark 8.
 * 1) attention
 * 2) 15  Attention, notice.
 * His last comment is particularly worth of mark.
 * 1)  Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier "of mark".)
 * 2) * 1909, Richard Burton, Masters of the English Novel:
 * 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.

Derived terms

 * beauty mark
 * bench-mark/benchmark
 * birthmark
 * black mark
 * bookmark
 * certification mark
 * chatter mark
 * check mark
 * chop mark
 * cue mark
 * diacritical mark
 * exclamation mark
 * full marks
 * funnel mark
 * gas mark
 * hash mark
 * high-water mark
 * laundry mark
 * leave one's mark
 * make one's mark


 * markstone
 * miss the mark
 * off the mark
 * on your marks
 * Plimsoll mark
 * punctuation mark
 * question mark
 * quotation mark
 * remark
 * ripple mark
 * scuff mark
 * sea mark
 * service mark
 * strawberry mark
 * stress mark
 * stretch mark
 * tempo mark
 * trade mark/trade-mark/trademark
 * vaccination mark
 * wide of the mark

Verb

 * 1) To indicate in some way for later reference.
 * 2) To take note of.
 * 3) To blemish, scratch, or stain.
 * 4) To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
 * 5)  To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
 * 6)  To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.

Noun

 * 1) A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
 * 1997, 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. — ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 91)
 * 1)  An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver), equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence.
 * 2) Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and 2002, equal to 100 pfennigs.
 * 3) A mark coin.

Synonyms

 * Deutschmark, Deutsche Mark, German mark

Adjectives for Mark
destructive; decisive; gracious; distinguished;  well-founded;   separate;   dreadful; wedge-shaped; venerable; evident; conspicuous; special; privy; unobtrusive; peculiar; visible; imperceptible; external; transient; deepened; brilliant; delicate; guiding; aimless; unchanging; indelible; tiny.

Verbs for Mark
bear—; better—; detect—; hold—; overshoot—; recognize—; regard—; scale—; scrutinize—; surpass—; toe—; —attests to; —betokens; —brands; —characterizes; — denotes; —directs; —guides; —identifies; —indicates; —periods; —ranks; —relates to; —signalizes; —signifies; —symbolizes; —symptomizes.

Adverbs for Mark
distinctly; gratefully; delicately; unalterably; conspicuously; dismally; boldly; indelibly; obviously; destructively; venerably; privately; peculiarly; imperceptibly; externally; aimlessly; brilliantly.

Thesaurus
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cedilla, ceiling, celebrate, centered dot, chain of evidence, chalk, chalk up, change, character, characteristic, characterize, check, check off, checkmark, chip, chisel, chop logic, christcross, chump, cicatrix, cicatrize, cipher, circumscription, clan, class, client, clout, clue, cognizance, colon, color, comma, commemorate, compass, concern, concernment, configuration, confine, conjugate, connote, consequence, consequentiality, consideration, conspicuousness, correct, countermark, countersign, countersignature, counterstamp, crease, cribble, criterion, cross, crosshatch, cull, customer, custos, cut, cutoff, cutoff point, dab, dagger, dapple, darken, dash, data, datum, daub, deadline, decimal point, decline, decrease, define, degree, delimit, delimitation, demarcate, demonstrate, denominate, denomination, denote, dent, describe, description, designate, designation, destinate, destination, destine, desynonymize, determinant, determine, devaluate, devalue, device, devote, diaeresis, diagonal, difference, differentia, differential, differentiate, dignity, direct, dirty, discern, disclose, discolor, discoloration, discount, discriminate, disequalize, disjoin, display, distinction, distinctive feature, distinguish, diversify, divide, division line, documentation, doom, dot, dress ship, duty, earmark, effect, elect, elevation, ellipsis, emblem, eminence, emphasis, enchase, end, end in view, endorsement, engrave, engraving, entail, estimate, evaluate, evidence, evince, exaltation, excellence, exclamation mark, exhibit, express, expression mark, extent, extremity, eyesore, fact, facts, fall guy, fate, feather, feature, fermata, figure, final cause, fingerprint, finish, fire a salute, fish, fist, fix, flavor, fleck, flick, floor, flyspeck, force, foredoom, form, form an estimate, freckle, frontier, full stop, function, furnish evidence, furrow, game, gash, gauge, genre, genus, get ahead, give an appreciation, give evidence, give indication of, give token, go to show, goal, grade, grading, grain, grandeur, grave, graving, greatness, groove, grounds, grounds for belief, gudgeon, guess, guide, gull, gust, hack, hallmark, hallow, hand, hatch, hedge, heed, height, high mightiness, high order, high rank, high-water mark, highlight, hike, hint, hold, hold jubilee, honor, hyphen, hyphenate, identification, identify, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, ilk, illustrate, image, impact, imply, import, importance, impress, impression, imprint, incise, increase, index, indicant, indicate, indication, indicator, individualism, individualize, individuate, inflect, influence, initial, initials, inscribe, insignia, interest, interface, interval, involve, item of evidence, jot, jubilate, jubilize, keep, key signature, keynote, kidney, kin, kind, label, landmark, lead, leaders, leap, lentigo, letter, level, ligature, lighthouse, lightship, limen, limit, limitation, limiting factor, line, line of demarcation, lineaments, lithograph, loftiness, logo, logotype, look, look at, lot, low-water mark, lower limit, macula, maculation, macule, maffick, make, make a distinction, make a mark, make an estimation, make merry, make prints, make the grade, manifest, manifestation, manner, mannerism, march, mark down, mark of signature, mark off, mark out, marker, marking, material grounds, materiality, mean, measure, memorialize, menhir, mention, merit, mete, metronomic mark, milepost, milestone, mind, modify, mold, mole, moment, monogram, monument, mottle, muniments, mute witness, name, nature, nevus, nick, nobility, norm, notability, notation, notch, note, note down, noteworthiness, notice, nuance, number, obelisk, obey, object, object in mind, objective, observance, observation, observe, odor, opt for, ordain, outstandingness, paragraph, paramountcy, parens, parenthesize, parse, particularity, particularize, pas, patch, patron, pause, pay attention to, peculiarity, peg, pencil, pepper, perceive, period, personalize, persuasion, pharos, phylum, pick, pick out, picture, piece of evidence, pigeon, pin down, pit, pitch, plane, plateau, platform, pock, point, point out, point to, polka dot, precedence, preeminence, prefer, premises, presa, prestige, prey, prick, primacy, prime, print, priority, prize, proclaim, prominence, proof, property, proportion, prospect, punch, punctuate, puncture, purpose, pursuit, qualify, quality, quarry, question mark, quintain, quirk, quotation marks, quotes, race, raise, range, rank, rate, rating, ratio, reach, reaction, read, reason for being, reason to believe, reckon, recoil, record, reduce, refine a distinction, reflex, regard, register, regular, regular customer, relevant fact, remark, remove, repercussion, representation, representative, respect, response, reveal, riddle, round, rung, sap, savor, say, scale, scar, scarification, scarify, scope, scorch, score, scotch, scrape, scratch, scratching, sculpture, seal, seam, seamark, sear, section, see, segno, segregate, select, self-importance, semicolon, separate, set, set apart, set forth, set off, set the pace, set the tone, sever, severalize, shade, shadow, shape, show, show signs of, sigil, sign, sign manual, signal, signalize, signature, signet, significance, significant, signify, signpost, singe, single out, single quotes, singularity, sitting duck, slash, slubber, slur, smack, smear, smirch, smoke, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, solemnize, solemnly mark, solidus, sort, sound a fanfare, sound the keynote, space, spatter, speak for itself, speak volumes, specialize, specialty, species, specify, speck, speckle, splash, splatter, split hairs, splotch, spot, stain, stair, stamp, stand for, standard, standing, star, start, starting line, starting point, state, step, stigma, stigmatize, stint, stipple, stipulate, strain, strawberry mark, streak, stress, striate, stripe, style, sublimity, subscription, succeed, sucker, suggest, supereminence, superiority, supremacy, sure sign, swell, symbol, symptom, symptomatize, symptomize, taint, take note, take notice, take notice of, tang, target, target date, tarnish, taste, tattoo, tattoo mark, teleology, tell, telltale sign, tempo mark, tend, tend to show, term, terminal date, terminus, testify, the like of, the likes of, threshold, tick, tick off, tie, time allotment, time signature, tittle, token, tool, tower, trace, trademark, trait, transcribe, transliterate, tread, tribe, trick, triumph, type, ultimate aim, umlaut, underline, underscore, up, upper limit, use, valuate, value, variety, vary, victim, view, vinculum, virgule, virtue, visa, vise, watch, watchtower, watermark, wedge, weight, worth, write down, yardstick

Alternative forms

 * marke
 * merk

Etymology 1
Old English mearc, from, from. Cognate with Dutch mark:, German Mark:, Swedish mark: and Latin margo:. Compare march:.

Etymology 2
marc: <. Ultimately from the same root as above.

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: marca
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:


 * Old English:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: marcă, semn , bornă
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Armenian:, գնահատական
 * Catalan: nota
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: arvosana, numero
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:


 * Hungarian: jegy, osztályzat
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: notă
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:


 * Armenian: միավոր
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Romanian: scor
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Catalan: marca
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: tahra, jälki, läiskä, naarmu
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: ,


 * : märge (1), hinne (3)

Verb

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 标记 (biāojì)
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Estonian: tähistama
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: megjelöl
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 印をつける (しるしをつける, shirushi o tsukeru)
 * Korean: 표를 하다 (pyoreul hada)
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: маркировать
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: označiti, zaznamovati
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, märka upp


 * Dutch: noteren, opschrijven, neerpennen, nota nemen
 * Finnish: merkitä, muistiin
 * French:
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, lägga märke till


 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: marki
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Italian:
 * Slovene: zaznamovati
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * German:
 * Swahili:


 * Swedish: Punktmarkera


 * : marcar (1, 3), apuntar (2), anotar (2), qualificar (4)
 * : hindama (4)

Derived terms

 * man-mark
 * mark-down
 * mark down
 * marked
 * marker


 * marking
 * mark my words
 * mark out
 * mark time


 * mark up
 * mark-up
 * press-mark
 * X marks the spot

Noun

 * French:


 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: markka (Finnish), saksanmarkka (German), Saksan markka
 * French:
 * German:


 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: марка
 * Roman: marka
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bosnian:
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: pièce d'un mark
 * Italian: moneta di un marco


 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: марка
 * Roman: marka
 * Swahili:

Anagrams

 * Karm

Noun

 * 1) field wide, open space used to grow crops or to hold farm animals

Noun

 * 1)  unit of currency

Etymology
From mǫrk:.

Derived terms

 * finmark
 * D-mark

Noun
mark


 * 1) (kvæði) forest
 * 2) (in phrases) pasture
 * 3)  field

Synonyms
forrest pasture field
 * skógur, mørk
 * hagi
 * bøur

Noun
mark


 * 1) sign
 * 2) border, frontier

Synonyms
sign
 * merki

Noun

 * 1)  currency

Noun

 * 1) a sign

Derived terms

 * daggarmark
 * hitta marks
 * lífsmark

Noun

 * 1) worm (animal)


 * 1) march

Noun

 * 1)  ground (as opposed to the sky or the sea)
 * Ha fast mark under fötterna - to be on terra firma (literally "to have firm ground under (one's) feet")
 * Tillbaka på klassisk mark - back on classical ground
 * På engelsk mark - on English soil
 * 1) (countable and uncountable) ground, field
 * Bonden ägde mycket mark - The farmer owned a lot of ground
 * 1) mark (currency)
 * 2)  counter, marker