marking
The action of markingThe action of marking.
» What do these markings mean?
Was bedeuten diese Markierungen?
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)The action of marking.
(countable, uncountable)A mark.
the act of making a visible mark on a surface
(countable, uncountable)The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
(countable, uncountable)A symbol or set of letters used to identify the type or identity of an object.
The markings on the plane identified it as belonging to law enforcement.
(countable, uncountable)Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.
Examples
15 sentencesWhat do these markings mean?
deWas bedeuten diese Markierungen?
What do those markings mean?
Monarch butterflies, instantly recognizable by their gold and black markings, are found in many places around the world.
The bus had no company markings.
The road markings are hardly visible.
ruДорожная разметка почти не видна.
deDie Fahrbahnmarkierungen sind kaum zu erkennen.
Origin
From Middle English marking, merking, merkunge, from Old English mearcung, from Proto-WestFrom Middle English marking, merking, merkunge, from Old English mearcung, from Proto-West Germanic *markungu, equivalent to mark + -ing.
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Forms
plural: markingsSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable