mark
noun
1. a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- she made good marks in algebra
Definition categories: thought, evaluation, rating, valuation
2. a distinguishing symbol
- the owner's mark was on all the sheep
Similar word(s): marker, marking
Definition categories: communication, symbol
3. a reference point to shoot at
- his arrow hit the mark
Similar word(s): target
Definition categories: communication, reference
4. a visible indication made on a surface
- some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks
Similar word(s): print
Definition categories: communication, indicant, indication
5. the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
- it was in London that he made his mark
- he left an indelible mark on the American theater
Definition categories: attribute, effect, impression
6. a symbol of disgrace or infamy
- And the Lord set a mark upon Cain
Similar word(s): brand, stain, stigma
Definition categories: communication, symbol
7. formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
Definition categories: quantity
8. Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel
Definition categories: person
9. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Similar word(s): chump, fool, gull, mug, patsy, sucker
Definition categories: person, dupe, victim
10. a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
- his answer was just a punctuation mark
Definition categories: communication
11. a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
Similar word(s): sign
Definition categories: communication, clew, clue, cue
12. the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament
Definition categories: communication
13. an indication of damage
Similar word(s): scar, scrape, scratch
Definition categories: attribute, blemish, defect, mar
14. a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
Similar word(s): crisscross, cross
Definition categories: attribute, marking
15. something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
- hit the mark
Definition categories: act, success
Sentences with mark as a noun:
- A good sense of manners is the mark of a true gentleman.
- The font wasn't able to render all the diacritical marks properly.
- With eggs, you need to check for the quality mark before you buy.
- Presenting […] my patented travelator, mark two.
- What mark did you get in your history test?
- I filled the bottle up to the 500ml mark.
- Now put the pastry in at 450 degrees, or mark 8.
- to be within the mark; to come up to the mark
- patricians of mark; a fellow of no mark
- His last comment is particularly worthy of mark.
verb
1. attach a tag or label to
Definition categories: contact, attach
2. designate as if by a mark
- This sign marks the border
Definition categories: communication, bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
3. be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
Similar word(s): differentiate, distinguish
Definition categories: cognition, characterise, characterize, qualify
4. celebrate by some ceremony or observation
- The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade
Similar word(s): commemorate
Definition categories: cognition, celebrate, keep, observe
5. make or leave a mark on
- the scouts marked the trail
- ash marked the believers' foreheads
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
6. to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
Similar word(s): brand, denounce, stigmatise, stigmatize
Definition categories: social, label
7. notice or perceive
- mark my words
Definition categories: perception
8. mark with a scar
Similar word(s): pit, pock, scar
Definition categories: contact, blemish, deface, disfigure
9. make small marks into the surface of
Definition categories: contact, notch
10. establish as the highest level or best performance
Similar word(s): set
Definition categories: communication, establish, make
11. make underscoring marks
Similar word(s): score
Definition categories: communication, enter, record
12. remove from a list
Definition categories: communication
13. put a check mark on or near or next to
- mark off the units
Definition categories: cognition, verify
14. assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
- mark homework
Definition categories: cognition, appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value
15. insert punctuation marks into
Similar word(s): punctuate
Definition categories: change, add
Sentences with mark as a verb:
- to mark a box or bale of merchandise
- to mark clothing with one's name
- She folded over the corner of the page to mark where she left off reading.
- This monument marks the spot where Wolfe died.
- His courage and energy marked him as a leader.
- Mark my words: that boy's up to no good.
- See where this pencil has marked the paper.
- The teacher had to spend her weekend marking all the tests.
- to mark the points in a game of billiards or a card game
- Mark time, mark!
- Forward, mark!