Meaning

3 senses

  1. To continue or keep on.

    This process has marched on no matter how we try to stop it.

  2. To protest (a place or institution).

    We're going to march on City Hall!

  3. To invade or attack (a place); to move towards a place in preparation for an attack.

    At dawn, we march on the city.

More definitions
  • move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

Examples

16 sentences

  1. An army marches on its stomach.

    ruВойна войной, а обед по расписанию.

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  2. The captain commanded the men to march on.

    deDer Hauptmann befahl den Männern den Weitermarsch.

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  3. The 31st of March fell on a Monday.

    deDer einunddreißigste März fiel auf einen Montag.

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  4. The thirty-first of March fell on a Monday.

    ruТридцать первое марта пришлось на понедельник.

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  5. The boys marched on, singing merrily.

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Forms

marches on, marching on, marched on, marched on
Base formmarch on · to march on
3rd person singularmarches on
Present participlemarching on
Past simplemarched on
Past participlemarched on

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymarch on
he, she, itmarches on

Past simpleLesson

all personsmarched on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave marched on
he, she, ithas marched on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill march on

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
marcelmarchA1marconimaremargarine
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