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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Она получает хорошие оценки по английскому. — odexed
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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. — odexed
deSie bekommt in Englisch gute Noten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I tried to get good marks.
ruЯ пытался получить хорошие отметки. — odexed
deIch habe versucht, gute Noten zu bekommen. — MUIRIEL
Tom isn't far off the mark.
Your guess is entirely off the mark.
deDeine Vermutung liegt komplett daneben. — Zaghawa
My fingers left marks on the glass.
ruМои пальцы оставили на стекле отпечатки. — odexed
deMeine Finger hinterließen Abdrücke auf dem Glas. — Espi
Translations
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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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.