What is the meaning of Mark?

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"
  • synonyms: grade, score
• A distinguishing symbol.
  • usage: "the owner's mark was on all the sheep"
  • synonyms: marker, marking
• 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
  • synonyms: stigma, brand, stain
• 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.
  • synonyms: chump, fool, gull, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug
• 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.
  • synonyms: scratch, scrape, scar
• 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"
  • synonyms: tag, label
• 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"
  • synonyms: notice, note
• Mark with a scar.
  • usage: "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
  • synonyms: scar, pock, pit
• Make small marks into the surface of.
  • usage: "score the clay before firing it"
  • synonyms: score, nock
• 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"
  • synonyms: check, check off, mark off, tick off, tick
• Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation.
  • usage: "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"
  • synonyms: grade, score
• Insert punctuation marks into.
  • synonyms: punctuate