Meaning

39 senses
  1. Boundary, land within a boundary.

    A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.

  2. The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.

  3. (historical)A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.

  4. Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.

    An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.

  5. A characteristic feature.

    A good sense of manners is the mark of a true gentleman.

  6. A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.

  7. A sign or brand on a person.

  8. A written character or sign.

    The font wasn't able to render all the diacritical marks properly.

    a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)

  9. A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.

    With eggs, you need to check for the quality mark before you buy.

  10. Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.

  11. A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.

  12. An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.

    I filled the bottle up to the 500 ml mark.

    an indication of damage

Examples

1809 sentences
  1. She gets good marks in English.

    ruОна получает хорошие оценки по английскому.

    deSie bekommt in Englisch gute Noten.

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  2. I tried to get good marks.

    ruЯ пытался получить хорошие отметки.

    deIch habe versucht, gute Noten zu bekommen.

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  3. Tom isn't far off the mark.

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  4. Your guess is entirely off the mark.

    deDeine Vermutung liegt komplett daneben.

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  5. My fingers left marks on the glass.

    ruМои пальцы оставили на стекле отпечатки.

    deMeine Finger hinterließen Abdrücke auf dem Glas.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
indication for reference or measurement:
sporting score:
visible impression, blemish, stain:
academic score:
Русский
By meaning 5
indication for reference or measurement:
sporting score:
visible impression, blemish, stain:
academic score:
units of currency notionally equivalent to a mark of silver:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
indication for reference or measurement:
academic score:
units of currency notionally equivalent to a mark of silver:

Origin

From Middle English mark, merk, merke, from Old English mearc (“mark, sign, line of divisi

From Middle English mark, merk, merke, from Old English mearc (“mark, sign, line of division; standard; boundary, limit, term, border; defined area, district, province”), from Proto-West Germanic *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary, border”).

From Middle English mark, from Old English marc (“a denomination of weight (usu. half a pound), mark (money of account)”), from Proto-West Germanic *mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign”). Cognate with Dutch mark (“mark”), Swedish mark (“a stamped coin”), Icelandic mörk (“a weight, usu. a pound, of silver or gold”). Doublet of markka.

From German Mark, from Middle High German marc, marche, marke, from Old High German marc, from Proto-West Germanic *mark (whence etymology 2 via Old English marc). The identical plural is also from German.

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Forms

plural: marks / mark
Singularmark
Pluralmarks / mark

regular

Synonyms

29 synonyms
attention, notice:heed
observanceDeutsche MarkReichsmarkDeutschmarkGerman mark
Spanish unit of mass:marcoSpanish mark
a particular design or make:MkMk.
Portuguese unit of mass:Portuguese mark
Close in meaning

Word family

183 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • get good marks
  • mark on the
  • good marks

See also

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