mark
Boundary, land within a boundaryBoundary, land within a boundary.: A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
» She gets good marks in English.
Sie bekommt in Englisch gute Noten.
Она получает хорошие оценки по английскому.
Meaning
39 sensesBoundary, land within a boundary.
A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
(historical)A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
Characteristic, sign, indication for measurement; visible impression.
An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
A characteristic feature.
A good sense of manners is the mark of a true gentleman.
A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
A sign or brand on a person.
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)
A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
With eggs, you need to check for the quality mark before you buy.
Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
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 sentencesShe gets good marks in English.
ruОна получает хорошие оценки по английскому.
deSie bekommt in Englisch gute Noten.
I tried to get good marks.
ruЯ пытался получить хорошие отметки.
deIch habe versucht, gute Noten zu bekommen.
Tom isn't far off the mark.
Your guess is entirely off the mark.
deDeine Vermutung liegt komplett daneben.
My fingers left marks on the glass.
ruМои пальцы оставили на стекле отпечатки.
deMeine Finger hinterließen Abdrücke auf dem Glas.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 4
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Origin
From Middle English mark, merk, merke, from Old English mearc (“mark, sign, line of divisiFrom 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 / markSynonyms
29 synonyms- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance):gradescore
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy:stigmabrandstain
- a visible indication made on a surface:print
- formerly the basic unit of money in Germany:German markDeutsche MarkDeutschmark
- the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament:Gospel of MarkGospel According to Mark
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened):sign
Word family
183 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
Collocations
3 patterns- get good marks
- mark on the
- good marks