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Marks

/mɑːks/

(heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.

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📖 Definitions of "Marks"

noun

1
(heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
2
(heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
3
(heading) Indicator of position, objective etc.
4
(heading) Attention.

verb

1
To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
"to mark a box or bale of merchandise"
2
To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
"See where this pencil has marked the paper."
3
To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
4
To create an indication of (a location).
"She folded over the corner of the page to mark where she left off reading."

noun

1
A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
2
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.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Marks"

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Word	Definition
crisscrossverb	(countable) A pattern of crossed lines.
mark offverb	(transitive) To indicate as dealt with, as on a list.
setverb	(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
tagnoun	(heading) Physical appendage.
cross outverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To strike out (something); to draw a line through (something).
cross offverb	(idiomatic) To strike out; to cross out; to draw a line through.
tick offverb	(sometimes figurative) To sign an item on a list with a tick mark, especially as a signal that the item has veen verified or completed.
check offverb	(US, Philippines, often used without "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
labelnoun	A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
strike offverb	(transitive) To remove from a list or register.
notenoun	A symbol or annotation.
markernoun	Someone or something that creates marks, particularly
signnoun	(countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
scrapeverb	(ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
commemorateverb	(transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.
strike outverb	To draw a line through some text such as a printed or written sentence, with the purpose of deleting that text from the rest of the document.
brandnoun	A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
noticenoun	(chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
targetnoun	A goal or objective.
punctuateverb	(transitive) To add punctuation to.