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Definition mark

Etymology 1

From Middle English mark, merk, merke, from Old English mearc (“mark, sign, line of division; standard; boundary, limit, term, border; defined area, district, province”), from Proto-Germanic *mark? (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *mar?- (“edge, boundary, border”). Cognate with Dutch mark, merk (“mark, brand”), German Mark (“mark; borderland”), French marque (“mark; brand”), Swedish mark (“mark, land, territory”), Icelandic mark (“mark, sign”), Latin margo (“edge, margin”), Persian ???‎ (“limit, boundary”), Sanskrit ????? (mary?, “limit, mark, boundary”) and ????? (m?rga, “mark, section”). Compare march.

Noun

mark (plural marks)

1. (heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
   1. (obsolete) A boundary; a border or frontier. [9th-19th c.]
   2. (obsolete) A boundary-post or fence. [13th-18th c.]
   3. A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers. [from 14th c.]
   4. (archaic) A type of small region or principality. [from 18th c.]
   5. (historical) A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples. [from 19th c.]
2. (heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
   1. An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something. [from 8th c.]
   2. A characteristic feature. [from 16th c.]
   3. A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional. [from 9th c.]
   4. A sign or brand on a person. [from 10th c.]
   5. A written character or sign. [from 10th c.]
   6. A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc. [from 11th c.]
   7. (obsolete) Resemblance, likeness, image. [14th-16th c.]
   8. A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral). [from 15th c.]
   9. A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such point gained as out of a possible total. [from 19th c.]
3. (heading) Indicator of position, objective etc.
   1. A target for shooting at with a projectile. [from 13th c.]
   2. An indication or sign used for reference or measurement. [from 14th c.]
   3. The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game. [from 18th c.]
   4. (obsolete) The female genitals. [16th-18th c.]
   5. (Australian rules football) A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick. [from 19th c.]
   6. (sports) The line indicating an athlete's starting-point. [from 19th c.]
   7. A score for a sporting achievement. [from 20th c.]
   8. An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
   9. (cooking) A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures. [from 20th c.]
   10. Limit or standard of action or fact.
   11. Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
   12. (archaic) Preeminence; high position.
   13. (logic) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
   14. (nautical) One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
4. (heading) Attention.
   1. (archaic) Attention, notice. [from 15th c.]
   2. Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.) [from 16th c.]
   3. (obsolete) Regard; respect.

Verb

mark (third-person singular simple present marks, present participle marking, simple past and past participle marked)

1. To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.
2. To indicate in some way for later reference.
3. To take note of.
4. To blemish, scratch, or stain.
5. To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
6. To keep account of; to enumerate and register.
7. (Australian rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
8. (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
9. (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
10. (singing) To sing softly, and perhaps an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.

Etymology 2

From Middle English mark, from Old English marc (“a denomination of weight (usu. half a pound), mark (money of account)”), from Proto-Germanic *mark? (“mark, sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *mar?- (“edge, boundary, border”). Cognate with Dutch mark (“mark”), German Mark (“a weight of silver, a coin”), Swedish mark (“a stamped coin”), Icelandic mörk (“a weight (usu. a pound) of silver or gold”).

Noun

mark (plural marks)

1. A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
2. (now historical) An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver), equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence.
3. Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and 2002, equal to 100 pfennigs.
4. A coin worth one mark.

Etymology 3

Verb

mark

1. (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march (said to be easier to pronounce while giving a command).

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