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(heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
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(heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
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(heading) Indicator of position, objective etc.
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(heading) Attention.
verb
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To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
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to mark a box or bale of merchandise
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To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
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See where this pencil has marked the paper.
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To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
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To create an indication of (a location).
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She folded over the corner of the page to mark where she left off reading.
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To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
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A bell marked the end of visiting hours.
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To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
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In her Bible, the words of Christ were marked in red.
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To create (a mark) on a surface.
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To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
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The national holiday is marked by fireworks.
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(of things) To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
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His courage and energy marked him as a leader.
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(of people) To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
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(of people) To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
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To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
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That summer marked the beginning of her obsession with cycling.
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To be typical or characteristic of (something).
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To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
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To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
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Mark my words: that boy’s up to no good.
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To become aware of (something) through the physical senses.
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To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
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To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
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The teacher had to spend her weekend marking all the tests.
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To record that (someone) has a particular status.
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to mark a student absent.
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To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
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to mark the points in a game of billiards or a card game
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To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
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To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
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To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
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To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
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A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
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An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver), equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence.
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Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and 2002, equal to 100 pfennigs.
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A coin worth one mark.