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march
I. \ˈmärch, ˈmȧch\ noun
(-es)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French march, marz, from Latin martius, from martius of Mars, from Mart-, Mars, Roman god of war and agriculture
: the third month of the Gregorian calendar — abbr. Mar.; see month table
II. noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English marche, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German marha boundary — more at mark
1.
a.
(1) : a border region : borderland, frontier
(2) : boundary
b. : territory; especially : the territory (as a province) of an official's jurisdiction
2. usually capitalized : march king of arms
III. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English marchen, from Middle French marchir, from Old French, from marche, n.
: to have a contiguous location : have common borders or frontiers : lie continuously parallel or adjacent
< a region that marches with Canada on the north and the Pacific on the west >
: lie extended
< mountain ranges that march along the horizon on every side — American Guide Series: Vermont >
IV. \“, as a command in drilling often ˈhärch or ˈhȧch\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle French marcher, marchier to march, trample under foot, from Old French marchier to trample under foot, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old English mearcian to mark, determine the boundaries of, Old High German marcōn to determine the boundaries of — more at mark
intransitive verb
1.
a.
(1) : to move along steadily with a regular measured stride; especially : to move along steadily with a rhythmic stride and in step with one or more others so moving
< enviously watched the column of soldiers marching smartly up the street >
(2) : to begin to move along steadily in this manner : begin such movement : set out or start marching
< said his troops would march at the crack of dawn >
b. : to be in accord : move along in harmonious agreement : jibe
< wherever his sympathies marched with the facts — Walter Lippmann >
2.
a.
(1) : to move from one point to another usually by walking especially in a direct purposeful manner and without delaying
< heard a noise upstairs and marched up to see what was going on >
(2) : to go along : proceed, travel
< can march off to distant times and places — Newsweek >
< hundreds of ships which had marched into the gulf — K.M.Dodson >
b. : to make steady progress : move right along : go forward : move ahead : advance
< engines that march down the assembly line each day — A.H.Raskin >
< forces that march inexorably toward greater social justice >
3. obsolete : to have status : have rating : rank
< march in the first rank of magnificence — Robert Johnson >
transitive verb
1.
a. : to cause to march
< marched a division of foot troops forty honest miles in a day — H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker >
< discipline that could march men past the point of exhaustion — Bruce Catton >
b. : to bring or conduct somewhere especially in a peremptory or unceremonious way or by force
< can remember him marching us all off from the schoolhouse — A.E.Coppard >
< marched them promptly to the jailhouse >
2. : to cover (an indicated distance or area) by marching : traverse
< marched the ten remaining miles in record time >
V. noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle French marche, from marcher, marchier, v.
1.
a.
(1) : the action of marching
< were too tired to begin another march >
(2) : the distance covered within a specific period of time by marching
< the city was at least a day's march away >
(3) : a regular measured stride or rhythmic step used in marching
< heard the march of the soldiers as they filed past >
b.
(1) : forward movement : steady advance : progress
< the march of time and events >
< the march of science >
especially : forward movement of a marching unit especially a military unit
< could not check the march of troops into their country >
(2) : direction of movement : course
< did not like the current march of public opinion >
c. : a long usually tiring journey usually on foot
< were not happy at the thought of a march to the top of the mountain >
2. : an instrumental or vocal composition that is in duple rhythm (as 4/4 time) or triply compound rhythm (as 6/8 time) with a strongly accentuated beat and that is designed or suitable for the accompaniment and guidance of marching
3. : the taking of all five tricks by one side in the game of euchre
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- on the march
- steal a march on
VI. abbreviation
Usage: often capitalized
marchioness |