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MARK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
Example:
the president's speech was a home run
Synonyms:
bell ringer; bull's eye; home run; mark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("mark" is a kind of...):
success (an attainment that is successful)
Domain usage:
figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)
Derivation:
mark (establish as the highest level or best performance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
Example:
he left an indelible mark on the American theater
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("mark" is a kind of...):
effect; impression (an outward appearance)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A marking that consists of lines that cross each other
Synonyms:
crisscross; cross; mark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("mark" is a kind of...):
marking (a pattern of marks)
Derivation:
mark (make underscoring marks)
mark (make small marks into the surface of)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An indication of damage
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("mark" is a kind of...):
blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))
Derivation:
mark (mark with a scar)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
Example:
what was your score on your homework?
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mark" is a kind of...):
evaluation; rating; valuation (an appraisal of the value of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mark"):
grade point (a numerical value assigned to a letter grade received in a course taken at a college or university multiplied by the number of credit hours awarded for the course)
centile; percentile ((statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total)
decile ((statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores)
quartile ((statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament
Synonyms:
Gospel According to Mark; Mark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
book (a major division of a long written composition)
evangel; Gospel; Gospels (the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings)
Holonyms ("Mark" is a part of...):
New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
Example:
they welcomed the signs of spring
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mark" is a kind of...):
clew; clue; cue (evidence that helps to solve a problem)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mark"):
token (something serving as a sign of something else)
Derivation:
mark (notice or perceive)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A symbol of disgrace or infamy
Example:
And the Lord set a mark upon Cain
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mark" is a kind of...):
symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mark"):
demerit (a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces)
bar sinister; bend sinister (a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left)
cloven foot; cloven hoof (the mark of Satan)
Derivation:
mark (to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful)
Sense 9
Meaning:
A visible indication made on a surface
Example:
paw prints were everywhere
Synonyms:
mark; print
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mark" is a kind of...):
indicant; indication (something that serves to indicate or suggest)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mark"):
line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)
line (a mark that is long relative to its width)
hoof-mark; hoof mark; hoofprint (a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal)
stroke (a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush)
mintmark (a mark on a coin that identifies the mint where it was produced)
trace (a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle)
footmark; footprint; step (a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface)
fingerprint (a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations)
Derivation:
mark (make or leave a mark on)
mark (designate as if by a mark)
mark (make small marks into the surface of)
Sense 10
Meaning:
A written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
Example:
his answer was just a punctuation mark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mark" is a kind of...):
printed symbol; written symbol (a written or printed symbol)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mark"):
punctuation; punctuation mark (the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases)
head; point (a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer)
dollar mark; dollar sign (a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars)
ditto; ditto mark (a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated)
diacritic; diacritical mark (a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation)
check; check mark; tick (a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.)
caret (a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text)
call mark; call number; pressmark (a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location)
broad arrow (a mark shaped like an arrowhead; used to mark convicts' clothing)
arrow; pointer (a mark to indicate a direction or relation)
Derivation:
mark (make underscoring marks)
Sense 11
Meaning:
A reference point to shoot at
Example:
his arrow hit the mark
Synonyms:
mark; target
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mark" is a kind of...):
point of reference; reference; reference point (an indicator that orients you generally)
Meronyms (parts of "mark"):
bull; bull's eye (the center of a target)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mark"):
clout (a target used in archery)
drogue (a funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane)
Sense 12
Meaning:
A distinguishing symbol
Example:
the owner's mark was on all the sheep
Synonyms:
mark; marker; marking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mark" is a kind of...):
symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mark"):
cairn (a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path)
label (an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object)
pip; spot (a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit))
peg; pin (small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.)
milepost; milestone (stone post at side of a road to show distances)
broad arrow (an arrowhead mark identifying British government property)
watermark (a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light)
postmark (a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing)
assay-mark; authentication; hallmark (a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity)
trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)
brand (identification mark on skin, made by burning)
earmark (identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal)
Derivation:
mark (make or leave a mark on)
mark (be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense)
Sense 13
Meaning:
A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Synonyms:
chump; fall guy; fool; gull; mark; mug; patsy; soft touch; sucker
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mark" is a kind of...):
dupe; victim (a person who is tricked or swindled)
Sense 14
Meaning:
Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Apostelic Father; Apostle (any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people)
Evangelist ((when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)
saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)
Sense 15
Meaning:
Formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
Synonyms:
Deutsche Mark; Deutschmark; German mark; mark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("mark" is a kind of...):
German monetary unit (monetary unit in Germany)
Meronyms (parts of "mark"):
pfennig (100 pfennigs formerly equaled 1 Deutsche Mark in Germany)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they mark ... he / she / it marks
Past simple: marked
Past participle: marked
-ing form: marking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Insert punctuation marks into
Synonyms:
mark; punctuate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "mark" is one way to...):
add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mark"):
quote (put quote marks around)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make or leave a mark on
Example:
ash marked the believers' foreheads
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "mark" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Verb group:
label; mark; tag (attach a tag or label to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mark"):
brand (burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals)
post; stake (mark with a stake)
delineate; describe; draw; line; trace (make a mark or lines on a surface)
bespot (mark with, or as if with, spots)
speck (produce specks in or on)
stripe (mark with stripes)
underline; underscore (draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to)
tip (mark with a tip)
flag (provide with a flag)
asterisk; star (mark with an asterisk)
crisscross (mark with a pattern of crossing lines)
spot (mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition)
dimple (mark with, or as if with, dimples)
ink (mark, coat, cover, or stain with ink)
striate (mark with striae or striations)
raddle (mark or paint with raddle)
stigmatise; stigmatize (mark with a stigma or stigmata)
dot (mark with a dot)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Also:
mark off; mark out (set boundaries to and delimit)
Derivation:
mark (a visible indication made on a surface)
mark (a distinguishing symbol)
marker (a writing implement for making a mark)
marking (the act of making a visible mark on a surface)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Celebrate by some ceremony or observation
Example:
The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade
Synonyms:
commemorate; mark
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "mark" is one way to...):
celebrate; keep; observe (behave as expected during of holidays or rites)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
Example:
His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
Synonyms:
differentiate; distinguish; mark
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "mark" is one way to...):
characterise; characterize; qualify (describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of)
Verb group:
mark (designate as if by a mark)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mark"):
characterise; characterize (be characteristic of)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
marker; mark (a distinguishing symbol)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
Example:
mark homework
Synonyms:
grade; mark; score
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "mark" is one way to...):
appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
marking (evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Put a check mark on or near or next to
Example:
mark off the units
Synonyms:
check; check off; mark; mark off; tick; tick off
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "mark" is one way to...):
verify (confirm the truth of)
Verb group:
check; check into; check out; check over; check up on; go over; look into; suss out (examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition)
ascertain; assure; check; control; ensure; insure; see; see to it (be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mark"):
receipt (mark or stamp as paid)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
Meaning:
Remove from a list
Example:
Cross the name of the dead person off the list
Synonyms:
cross off; cross out; mark; strike off; strike out
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "mark" is one way to...):
take away; take out (take out or remove)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
Meaning:
Designate as if by a mark
Example:
This sign marks the border
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "mark" is one way to...):
bespeak; betoken; indicate; point; signal (be a signal for or a symptom of)
Verb group:
differentiate; distinguish; mark (be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mark"):
blaze (indicate by marking trees with blazes)
dimension (indicate the dimensions on)
signpost (mark with a signpost, as of a path)
distinguish; signalise; signalize (make conspicuous or noteworthy)
buoy (mark with a buoy)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
mark (a visible indication made on a surface)
marker (some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something)
marker (a writing implement for making a mark)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Make underscoring marks
Synonyms:
mark; score
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "mark" is one way to...):
enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mark"):
cancel; invalidate (make invalid for use)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
mark (a marking that consists of lines that cross each other)
mark (a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation))
marker (a writing implement for making a mark)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Establish as the highest level or best performance
Example:
set a record
Synonyms:
mark; set
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "mark" is one way to...):
establish; lay down; make (institute, enact, or establish)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
mark (something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal)
Sense 11
Meaning:
Make small marks into the surface of
Example:
score the clay before firing it
Synonyms:
mark; nock; score
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "mark" is one way to...):
notch (cut or make a notch into)
Verb group:
mark; pit; pock; scar (mark with a scar)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mark"):
line (mark with lines)
scribe (score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking)
scotch (make a small cut or score into)
scarify (scratch the surface of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
mark (a marking that consists of lines that cross each other)
mark (a visible indication made on a surface)
Sense 12
Meaning:
Mark with a scar
Example:
The skin disease scarred his face permanently
Synonyms:
mark; pit; pock; scar
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "mark" is one way to...):
blemish; deface; disfigure (mar or spoil the appearance of)
"Mark" entails doing...:
incise (make an incision into by carving or cutting)
Verb group:
mark; nock; score (make small marks into the surface of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mark"):
pockmark (mark with or as if with pockmarks)
cicatrise; cicatrize (form a scar, after an injury)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
mark (an indication of damage)
Sense 13
Meaning:
Attach a tag or label to
Example:
label these bottles
Synonyms:
label; mark; tag
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "mark" is one way to...):
attach (cause to be attached)
Verb group:
mark (make or leave a mark on)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mark"):
brand; brandmark; trademark (mark with a brand or trademark)
point (mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes)
point (mark with diacritics)
point (mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics)
calibrate (mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units)
code (attach a code to)
badge (put a badge on)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Also:
mark down (reduce the price of)
mark up (increase the price of)
Derivation:
marking (a distinguishing symbol)
Sense 14
Meaning:
Notice or perceive
Example:
mark my words
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
"Mark" entails doing...:
comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mark"):
take notice (observe with special attention)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derivation:
mark (a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened))
Sense 15
Meaning:
To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
Example:
She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock
Synonyms:
brand; denounce; mark; stigmatise; stigmatize
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "mark" is one way to...):
label (assign a label to; designate with a label)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
mark (a symbol of disgrace or infamy)
Context examples:
Where her lips touched the girl they left a round, shining mark, as Dorothy found out soon after.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Initial ideas are that the IPR helps mark damaged proteins inside cells.
(New Pathway for Handling Stress Discovered, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The whole disordered appearance of the camp showed that there had been some sort of attack, and the rifle-shot no doubt marked the time when it had occurred.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart.
(Angina, NCI Thesaurus)
A medulloblastoma characterized by marked nuclear pleomorphism, and high mitotic activity.
(Anaplastic Medulloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by marked discomfort sensation in the back region.
(Back Pain, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Issue associated with the using a device after the marked or known shelf life.
(Medical Device Shelf Life Exceeded, Food and Drug Administration)
So you keep an account of my good and bad marks in Brooke's face, do you?
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Anaplastic carcinoma cells have large hyperchromatic nuclei and display marked variation in nuclear size and shape, and high mitotic rate.
(Anaplastic Carcinoma Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
It is usually marked by an exchange of parts of chromosomes 15 and 17.
(Acute promyelocytic leukemia, NCI Dictionary)
