What is the meaning of marked?

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"
  • Mark by some ceremony or observation.
    • usage: "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade"
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • Make underscoring marks.
  • Remove from a list.
    • usage: "Cross the name of the dead person off the list"
  • 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.

adjective

  • Strongly marked; easily noticeable.
    • usage: "walked with a marked limp"; "a pronounced flavor of cinnamon"
  • Singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate.
    • usage: "a marked man"
  • Having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination.
    • usage: "played with marked cards"; "a scar-marked face"; "well-marked roads"
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APAWordNet. (2010). marked. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/marked/definitions/1178105
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