mark¹ /märk/

1. A visible indication or sign
2. A symbol
3. A distinctive badge or device
4. A brand
5. A set, group, or class, marked with the same brand
6. A type, model, issue, etc (usu numbered, as in mark 1)
7. A rubber stamp
8. A token
9. A substitute for a signature, eg an X
10. A distinguishing characteristic
11. An impression or trace
12. A discoloured spot, streak, smear, or other local (usu small) modification of appearance
13. Note
14. Distinction
15. Noteworthiness
16. A point awarded for merit
17. A footprint
18. A fair catch, formerly claimed by making an impression on the ground with one's heel (rugby)
19. The starting-line in a race
20. A groove indicative of youth in a horse's incisor (as in mark of mouth)
21. A tag on a lead-line indicating so many fathoms, feet, etc
22. The amount of departure (positive or negative), using equal intervals of time, from a space (a neutral or no-signal state) in accordance with a code (telecommunications)
23. A suitable victim (of trickery, theft, etc) (slang)
24. That which exactly suits one (slang)
25. A boundary (archaic)
26. A limit (archaic)
27. A standard
28. A territory, esp a border territory (archaic)
29. A tract of common land belonging to a village community (historical)
30. A stone, post, etc, marking a boundary
31. An object indicating position or serving as a guide
32. An object to be aimed at, striven for, or attained, such as a butt, a goal, the jack at bowls, the pit of the stomach in boxing
33. A hawk's quarry (obsolete)

1. To make a mark on
2. To indicate
3. To record
4. To put marks on (a child's, student's, etc, written work) to show where it is correct or incorrect (also intransitive verb)
5. To make emphatic, distinct, or prominent
6. To characterize in a specified, distinct way
7. To impress or stamp with a sign
8. To take note of
9. To regard
10. (in football, hockey, etc) to remain close to (one's opponent) in order to try and prevent him or her from obtaining or passing the ball (also intransitive verb)

1. To take particular notice
2. To become stained

marked adjective

1. Having visible marks
2. Indicated
3. Noticeable
4. Prominent
5. Emphatic
6. Watched and suspected
7. Destined (with for)
8. Doomed

markedly /märˈkid-li/ adverb

Noticeably

markedness /märˈkid-nes/ noun

markˈer noun

1. A person or tool that marks
2. Something that marks a position, such as a stationary light or a flare
3. A person who marks the score at games, eg at billiards
4. A counter or other device for scoring
5. A bookmark
6. A marker pen (N American)
7. A recorder of attendances
8. A kind of school monitor
9. A memorial tablet (US)
10. The soldier who forms the pivot round which a body of soldiers wheels when marching
11. A biomarker (qv)

markˈing noun

1. The act of making or giving a mark or marks
2. (esp in pl) disposition or pattern of marks

markˈ-down see mark down below.

marker pen noun

A thick, usu fibre-tipped pen for writing on display boards, etc

marking gauge noun

A carpenter's tool for scoring a line parallel to the edge of a piece of wood

markˈing-ink noun

Indelible ink, used for marking clothes

markˈing-nut noun

The fruit of an East Indian tree (genus Semecarpus) of the cashew family, yielding a black juice used in marking clothes

markˈman noun

1. One of the community owning a mark
2. A marksman

marksˈman or marksˈwoman noun

1. A person who is good at hitting a target
2. A person who shoots well

marksˈmanship noun

Skill as a marksman or markswoman

mark/space ratio noun (telecommunications)

The ratio of the time occupied by a mark to that occupied by the space between marks in a telecommunication channel or recording system using pulsed signals

markˈ-to-markˈet adjective

(of an accounting system) valuing assets according to their market price

markˈ-up noun

1. A price increase
2. The difference between the wholesale and retail price of an item for sale
3. The action of marking up (printing, computing)

markˈ-white noun (Spenser)

The centre of a target

a mark on (archaic sl)

(a person having) a preference for (a specified thing)

beside the mark see under beside

(God) bless or save the mark (archaic)

A phrase expressing ironical astonishment or scorn, from its use in archery

make (or leave) one's mark

1. To make a notable impression
2. To gain great influence

mark down

1. To set down in writing
2. To label at a lower price or to lower the price of (markˈ-down noun)
3. To give (a student) a lower mark than is deserved
4. To note the position of
5. To destine for one's own

mark off

1. To lay down the boundary lines of
2. To mark graduations on
3. To mark (on a list) as attended to or disposed of

mark of the Beast see under beast

mark out

1. To lay out the plan or outlines of
2. To destine

mark someone's card

1. To give someone the information he or she wants
2. To correct someone under a false impression, esp swiftly and with force, to put someone right

mark time

1. To move the feet alternately in the same manner as in marching, but without moving forward
2. To merely keep things going without progressing

mark up

1. To raise the price of
2. To prepare or correct (text) for a printer (printing)
3. To add codes (to text) for interpretation by a computer (computing)

off the mark

1. Off target
2. Well away from the start in a race

on your marks (or mark)

Said before a race begins, to prepare the runners for the starting command or signal

pass the mark

To pass on the badge of demerit to the next offender (as formerly in some schools)

soft mark (informal)

1. An easy dupe or victim
2. A person who is easy to cope with or manoeuvre

up to the mark

1. Satisfactory, up to standard
2. Fit and well

• old fustic
• old gang
• old-gentlemanly
• old girl
• Old Glory
• old gold
• old-growth
• old guard
• old guards
• old hand
• old hands
• Old Harry
• old-hat
• Old Hundred
• Old Hundredth
• old identities
• old identity
• oldie
• oldies
• oldish
• Old Kingdom
• old ladies
• old lady
• Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
• Old Light