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Meaning mark meaning

What does mark mean?
Definitions in simple English

mark Noun

— A mark is a single line left by a pen or pencil, or any small bit of color that got onto something. You have a mark on your shirt from that tomato sauce you were eating.

mark Verb

— To mark something is to put a mark on it. The big rock marked the side of the car a little when she drove too close to it. I marked the boxes so we would know which ones are mine.

Mark Proper noun

— Mark is a male given name.

mark

— verb designate as if by a mark This sign marks the border — verb (= distinguish) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense His modesty distinguishes him from his peers — verb (= tag, label) attach a tag or label to label these bottles — verb mark by some ceremony or observation The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade — verb make or leave a mark on the scouts marked the trail ash marked the believers' foreheads — noun (= grade, score) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) she made good marks in algebra grade A milk what was your score on your homework? — noun (= marking) a distinguishing symbol the owner's mark was on all the sheep — noun a reference point to shoot at his arrow hit the mark — noun (= print) a visible indication made on a surface some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks paw prints were everywhere — noun the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember it was in London that he made his mark he left an indelible mark on the American theater — verb (= notice, note) notice or perceive She noted that someone was following her mark my words — verb (= stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful He denounced the government action She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock — noun a symbol of disgrace or infamy And the Lord set a mark upon Cain — -Genesis — verb (= scar) mark with a scar The skin disease scarred his face permanently — noun a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation) his answer was just a punctuation mark — noun formerly the basic unit of money in Germany — verb insert punctuation marks into — noun (= sign) a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened) he showed signs of strain they welcomed the signs of spring — verb make underscoring marks — verb (= set) establish as the highest level or best performance set a record — verb (= score) make small marks into the surface of score the clay before firing it — verb (= grade, score) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation grade tests score the SAT essays mark homework — verb (= check, mark off, tick off, tick) put a check mark on or near or next to Please check each name on the list tick off the items mark off the units — noun (= cross) a marking that consists of lines that cross each other — noun (= bell ringer, bull''s eye, home run) something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer scored a bull's eye hit the mark the president's speech was a home run — noun (= scratch) an indication of damage — noun (= chump) a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of — verb (= cross off) remove from a list Cross the name of the dead person off the list

Mark

— noun Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel — noun the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament

Synonyms mark synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as mark?

mark English » English

sign token symbol spot brand stamp grade trace signal score target stain scar note label indicate indication point track print emblem character aim seal scratch marking imprint denote write marker line distinguish tick tag objective check characterize stigma show flag draw characteristic butt badge notch designate vestige stigmatize observe inscribe

Mark English » English

St. Mark Saint Mark Marlon Marlin Marcus Gospel According to Mark Mk Luke John

Topics mark topics

What do people use mark to talk about?
Language and thought Teach

Test
Physical actions Physical impact

Mark
Person Sense, perceive See

Show, let someone see
Language and thought Communication Interpreting messages

Show, indicate
Language and thought Teach

Correct
Social behavior Social activity Social event

Celebrate
Language and thought Communication Reading and writing

Write
Social behavior Behavior Good, moral Meet a standard

Below standard
States Quantity All

Most, least
States Time

Telling time

Conjugation mark conjugation

How do you conjugate mark?

mark · verb

Examples mark examples

How do I use mark in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You're wide of the mark.
Your guess is entirely off the mark.
St Mark's Square in Venice is always swarming with tourists in the summer.
Mark graduated from Harvard in 1991.
The wet vase left a mark on the table.
The arrow fell wide of the mark.
The couple named their first child Mark.
What does this mark mean?
At worst, I will get an average mark.
Did you mark the papers?
My first guess was wide off the mark.
Mark the right answer.
The bullet found its mark.
Red circles on the map mark schools.
The runner had reached the halfway mark.
He hit the mark.
Mark the words that you cannot understand.
When writing a sentence, generally you start with a capital letter and finish with a period (.), an exclamation mark (!), or a question mark (?).

Movie subtitles

Dogs mark their territory like this.
Mark, wake up!
Stay with me, Mark!
Mark, look!
There is hope, Mark.
Da Gama died in 1524 of a fever, but that didn't mark the end of Portuguese ambitions.
Along with Portugal, Spain had been first off the mark, seizing the initiative in the New World.
Dr Mark Young is an astrobiologist looking very closely at Yellowstone's hot springs.
Hi, uh, this is Mark Barrett's phone.
You know, I still haven't heard anything about Mark, and I'm starting to get a little nervous.
You don't know a Mark Barrett, do you?
Mark Penetti personally gave this to me.
This time it will be Mildred Preston, mark my words.
One hat bears a mark of a hatter in Louvain, the very city in which Juve is in jail in place of Fantomas.
Uh, is that a rookie mark?
What. what did you do the last time you were on St. Mark's Place?
Gentlemen, question mark. Er-r-r!
Mark it what? - 'Fragilly!
He can heave a knife into a mark so big every time.
And they've left their mark.
And how to cut your mark on a tree so you won't get lost in the forest.
Mark Anthony had not delivered his funeral eulogy?
Mark my words, he will prove dangerous.
No relation to John, Joe, Trade or Mark.
But there are light buoys to mark the safe channel.
They do not always mark it.
Okay, mark it station 30 plus 24.
SO YOU MAKE ME YOUR MARK?
Mark Penetti personally gave this to me. Do you know how big of a deal that is?
The sensational murder came before the court. and the struggle for Mark's life took many turns.
The gentleman on my right. already known among you as one destined to make. no uncertain mark in politics.
I know your candidate will forgive my referring to him. by the friendly nickname by which he's already known. in anticipation, mark you. at Westminster.
The mark of the squealer.
What's the mark?
Don't you know nothing? The mark of the squealer.
All right. Dr. Flynn. Mark him DOA.

News and current affairs

One successful gold investor recently explained to me that stock prices languished for a more than a decade before the Dow Jones index crossed the 1,000 mark in the early 1980's.
The Deutsche Mark, already widely used in the region, now functions as the de facto common currency.
The first was the Keynesian high-water mark of confidence in demand management of the 1960s.
Closure of the last remaining reactor at Chernobyl, I believe, must mark the beginning of a new phase of cooperation with the European Union and G-7 countries.
The tyranny of pragmatism seems to mark all of the complex dilemmas of our time.
An even bigger question mark hovers over what might be the greatest national security concern of all: the federal budget deficit.
The institution of Social and Economic Councils at the UN would mark an enormous step in the right direction.
In fact, there is very little Merkel has to do after her election to make her mark on foreign policy; the visible change of style will suffice, at least at first.
All of these changes mark the beginning of the end of the era of the oligarchs, ushered in with the presidential elections of 1996.
Arafat's death may well mark the beginning of that process, but the transition to a new Palestinian leadership could take years, and there is no assurance that it will be a moderate one.
In May, the world will mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.
Will my conviction, and the trials and convictions of other journalists, mark the beginning of the end of Indonesia's hard-won third democracy?
This swing does not simply mark the return of traditional conservative parties and policies - smaller governments, more attention to the interests of capital - to power.
This financial crisis will probably mark the end of the Cavallo experiment, which was promoted around the world.
Once it was dark, a screen was set up and Mark showed home videos from space.
World leaders may have already reserved some days in August 2014 to mark the occasion.
Five years after the world's first permanent criminal tribunal commenced operations, it has made its mark.
In the face of these undeniable facts, the path chosen by the IMF and the World Bank was, at best, a mark of their incompetence and, at worst, a deliberate ploy to keep the sub-Saharan countries and their populations in bondage.
President Gul's visit does mark a watershed - either as a failure to make history, or as the beginning of a new era.
NEW YORK - Next year will mark the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of communism in Europe.
But, unlike its neighbors, this year can mark a turning point for Burundi.
The Deutsche Mark, already widely used in the region, now functions as the de facto common currency. Any ban on its use should be lifted to make borders irrelevant for trade and investment.
Her administration would mark a fresh departure from the country's troubled recent past.
TOKYO - July will mark two milestones in America's sometimes-tortured relations with Asia.

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