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