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Sounds | maa'rk |
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Rhymes | aardvark, arc, ark / Ark, and 37 more rhymes in aark at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance). |
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Examples | "she made good marks in algebra" |
Synonyms | grade, score |
Narrower | grade point; percentile, centile; decile; quartile |
Broader | evaluation, valuation, rating |
Meaning | A distinguishing symbol. |
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Examples | "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" |
Synonyms | marker, marking |
Narrower | earmark; brand; trademark; authentication, hallmark, assay-mark; postmark; watermark; broad arrow; milestone, milepost; peg, pin; spot, pip; label; cairn |
Broader | symbol |
Verbs | mark; mark |
Meaning | A reference point to shoot at. |
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Examples | "his arrow hit the mark" |
Synonyms | target |
Parts | bull's eye, bull |
Narrower | clout; drogue |
Broader | reference point, point of reference, reference |
Meaning | A visible indication made on a surface. |
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Examples | "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks" |
Synonyms | |
Narrower | footprint, footmark, step; trace; mintmark; stroke; hoofprint, hoof mark, hoof-mark; line; line |
Broader | indication, indicant |
Verbs | mark; mark; mark |
Meaning | The impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember. |
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Examples | "it was in London that he made his mark"; "he left an indelible mark on the American theater" |
Broader | impression, effect |
Meaning | A symbol of disgrace or infamy. |
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Examples | "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis |
Synonyms | stigma, brand, stain |
Narrower | demerit; bar sinister, bend sinister; cloven hoof, cloven foot |
Broader | symbol |
Verbs | mark |
Meaning | Formerly the basic unit of money in Germany. |
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Synonyms | German mark, Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark |
Parts | pfennig |
Broader | German monetary unit |
Meaning | Apostle and companion of Saint Peter. Assumed to be the author of the second Gospel. |
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Synonyms | Saint Mark, St. Mark |
Broader | Apostle; Evangelist; saint |
Meaning | A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. |
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Synonyms | chump, fool, gull, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug |
Broader | victim, dupe |
Meaning | A written or printed symbol (as for punctuation). |
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Examples | "his answer was just a punctuation mark" |
Narrower | arrow, pointer; broad arrow; call mark, call number, pressmark; caret; check mark, check, tick; diacritical mark, diacritic; ditto mark, ditto; dollar mark, dollar sign; point, head; punctuation, punctuation mark |
Broader | written symbol, printed symbol |
Verbs | mark |
Meaning | A perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened). |
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Synonyms | sign |
Broader | clue, clew, cue |
Verbs | mark |
Meaning | The shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament. |
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Synonyms | Gospel According to Mark |
Part of | New Testament |
Broader | book; Gospel, Gospels, evangel |
Meaning | An indication of damage. |
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Synonyms | scratch, scrape, scar |
Broader | blemish, defect, mar |
Verbs | mark |
Meaning | Marking consisting of crossing lines. |
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Synonyms | crisscross, cross |
Broader | marking |
Verbs | mark; mark |
Meaning | Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal. |
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Examples | "hit the mark" |
Synonyms | bell ringer, bull's eye, home run |
Broader | success |
Verbs | mark |
Meaning | Attach a tag or label to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something |
Synonyms | tag, label |
Narrower | point; point; point; calibrate; code; badge |
Broader | attach |
Similar to | mark |
See also | mark up; mark down |
Nouns | marking |
Meaning | Designate as if by a mark. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "This sign marks the border" |
Narrower | blaze; dimension; signpost; signalize, signalise, distinguish; buoy |
Broader | bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal |
Similar to | distinguish, mark, differentiate |
Nouns | mark; marker; marker |
Meaning | Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait. Sometimes in a very positive sense. |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | distinguish, differentiate |
Narrower | characterize, characterise |
Broader | qualify, characterize, characterise |
Similar to | mark |
Nouns | marker, mark |
Meaning | Mark by some ceremony or observation. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "We marked the anniversary of his death" |
Synonyms | commemorate |
Broader | observe, celebrate, keep |
Meaning | Make or leave a mark on. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "mark the trail so that we can find our way back" |
Narrower | dot; stigmatize, stigmatise; raddle; striate; red-ink; dimple; spot; crisscross; star, asterisk; flag; tip; underline, underscore; stripe; speck; bespot; trace, draw, line, describe, delineate; stake, post; brand |
Broader | change, alter, modify |
Similar to | tag, label, mark |
See also | mark off, mark out |
Nouns | marking; marker; mark; mark |
Meaning | To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Synonyms | stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce |
Broader | label |
Nouns | mark |
Meaning | Notice or perceive. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
Examples | "mark my words" |
Synonyms | notice, note |
Entails | perceive, comprehend |
Narrower | take notice |
Contrary | ignore |
Nouns | mark |
Meaning | Mark with a scar. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | scar, pock, pit |
Entails | incise |
Narrower | pockmark; cicatrize, cicatrise |
Broader | deface, disfigure, blemish |
Similar to | score, nock, mark |
Nouns | mark |
Meaning | Make small marks into the surface of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | score, nock |
Narrower | scarify; scotch; scribe; line |
Broader | notch |
Similar to | scar, mark, pock, pit |
Nouns | mark; mark |
Meaning | Establish as the highest level or best performance. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | set |
Broader | lay down, establish, make |
Nouns | mark |
Meaning | Make underscoring marks. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | score |
Narrower | cancel, invalidate |
Broader | record, enter, put down |
Nouns | mark; marker; mark |
Meaning | Remove from a list. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off |
Broader | take away, take out |
Meaning | Put a check mark on or next to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | check, check off, mark off, tick off, tick |
Narrower | receipt |
Broader | verify |
Similar to | check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into; see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure |
Meaning | Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "mark homework" |
Synonyms | grade, score |
Broader | measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value |
Nouns | marking |
Meaning | Insert punctuation marks into. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | punctuate |
Narrower | quote |
Broader | add |