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mark

/mˈɑɹk/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

  1. attach a tag or label to
    “label these bottles”
  2. designate as if by a mark
    “This sign marks the border”
  3. be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
    “His modesty distinguishes him from his peers”
  4. celebrate by some ceremony or observation
    “The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade”
  5. make or leave a mark on
    “the scouts marked the trail”
  6. to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
    “He denounced the government action”
  7. notice or perceive
    “She noted that someone was following her”
  8. mark with a scar
    “The skin disease scarred his face permanently”
  9. make small marks into the surface of
    “score the clay before firing it”
  10. establish as the highest level or best performance
    “set a record”
  11. make underscoring marks
  12. remove from a list
    “Cross the name of the dead person off the list”

noun

  1. a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
    “she made good marks in algebra”
  2. a distinguishing symbol
    “the owner's mark was on all the sheep”
  3. a reference point to shoot at
    “his arrow hit the mark”
  4. a visible indication made on a surface
    “some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks”
  5. the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
    “it was in London that he made his mark”
  6. a symbol of disgrace or infamy--Genesis
    “And the Lord set a mark upon Cain”
  7. formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
  8. Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel
  9. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
  10. a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
    “his answer was just a punctuation mark”
  11. a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
    “he showed signs of strain”
  12. the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament

Synonyms for mark

Words that rhyme with mark

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