Meaning of mark | Babel Free

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1. Boundary, land within a boundary.
   obsolete
2. A boundary; a border or frontier.
   obsolete
3. Boundary, land within a boundary. A boundary; a border or frontier. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} A boundary-post or fence. A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers. A type of small region or principality. A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples
4. brand (of clothing etc.)
5. A male given name from Latin.
   countable, uncountable
6. Abbreviation of Markarian.
   abbreviation, alt-of
7. A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
   historical
8. A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
   historical
9. A boundary-post or fence.
   obsolete
10. A boundary; a border or frontier. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
11. brand (for cattle)
12. A surname.
    countable, uncountable
13. Author of the second Gospel in the New Testament and disciple of Saint Peter.
14. Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
    historical
15. A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
16. A boundary-post or fence
17. mark (left on a surface)
18. Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.
    countable, uncountable
19. See Table at Bible.
20. A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
    historical
21. A type of small region or principality.
    archaic
22. A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers
23. print (fingerprint, footprint)
24. The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.
    countable, uncountable
25. In Arthurian legend, a king of Cornwall who was the husband of Iseult and the uncle of her lover Tristan.
26. Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
    historical
27. A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
    historical
28. A type of small region or principality
29. record; personal best
30. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST3747).
    countable, uncountable
31. To mark for sale at a lower price.
32. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
33. An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
34. Beside the point; irrelevant.
35. A characteristic feature.
36. (fair catch) In Union play, the act of a player, standing with both feet on the ground within his 24-yd line, who catches the ball cleanly from an opponent’s kick and simultaneously shouts Mark!”, for which he is awarded a free kick.
37. A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
38. To become or make less in price or value:cheapen, depreciate, depress, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, lower, reduce, write down.
39. A sign or brand on a person.
40. obvious or easily noticeable. There has been a marked improvement in her work. merkbaar واضِح، مَلْحوظ очевиден marcado zřetelný merklich klar φανερόςnotable märgatav مشخص merkittävä marquéברור सुस्पष्ट izrazit észrevehető kentara greinilegur marcato, notevole 著しい 두드러진 ženklus, žymus ievērojams; acīm redzams ketara duidelijktydelig, påfallendewyraźny, znaczny ټاكل شوى marcado evident заметный výrazný viden znatan påtaglig, markant ชัดเจน belirgin 顯著的 помітний; виразний نمایاں nối bật 显著的
41. A written character or sign.
42. noticeably. It's markedly easier to do it by this method. merkbaar بصورةٍ واضِحَه أو مَلْحوظَه забележително claramente očividně deutlich klart σημαντικά de forma notable märkimisväärselt بطور برجسته merkittävästi visiblement בְּמִידָה נִיכֶּרֶת सुस्पष्ट रूप से potvrđen szemmel láthatóan jelas greinilega notevolmente 目立って 두드러지게 žymiai ievērojami dengan ketara duidelijktydelig, utpregetwyraźnie په څرګنده توګه claramente vizibil заметно očividne očitno znatno tydligt, påtagligt อย่างชัดเจน beli...
43. A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
44. a person who shoots well. The police marksman did not kill the criminal – he wounded him in the leg to prevent him escaping. skerpskut رامٍ стрелец atirador (elitní) střelec der Scharfschütze skarpskytte δεινός σκοπευτής tirador osav laskur تیر انداز ماهر tarkka-ampuja tireur/-euse d'élite צלף निशानेबाज dobar strijelac mesterlövész penembak mahir skytta tiratore 射撃の名人 사격의 명수 snaiperis, taiklus šaulys snaiperis; labs šāvējs penembak mahir scherpschutterskytter strzelec wyborowy ماهره نښه ويشتو...
45. Resemblance, likeness, image.
    obsolete
46. A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
47. A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
    Commonwealth
48. Indicator of position, objective etc.
49. A target for shooting at with a projectile.
50. An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
51. The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game; a gullible person; a professional wrestling fan who believes matches are legitimate contests rather than scripted or predetermined
    informal
52. The female genitals.
    obsolete
53. A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
54. The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
55. A score for a sporting achievement.
56. An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
57. A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
58. The model number of a device; a device model.
59. Limit or standard of action or fact.
60. Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
61. Preeminence; high position.
    archaic
62. A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
63. One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
64. Attention.
65. Attention, notice.
    archaic
66. Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
67. Regard; respect.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“I do remember a great thron in Yatton field near Bristow-way, against which Sir William Waller's men made a great fire and killed it. I think the stump remains, and was a mark for travellers.”

“There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the Mark of Rohan.”

“depend upon it, you will speedily receive from me a letter of thanks for this as well as for every other mark of your regard during my stay in Hertfordshire.”

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

“there is surely a physiognomy, which those experienced and master mendicants observe, whereby they instantly discover a merciful aspect, and will single out a face, wherein they spy the signatures and marks of mercy.”

“Then she put before her face her poor crushed hands, which bore on their whiteness the red mark of the Count's terrible grip[…].”

“Doubt not of thine election, it is an immutable decree; a mark never to be defaced: you have been otherwise, you may and shall be.”

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

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

“But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?”

“The mark of the artisan is found upon the most ancient fabrics that have come to light.”

“I am proud to present my patented travelator, mark two.”

“What mark did you get in your history test?”

“A skilfull archer ought first to know the marke he aimeth at, and then apply his hand, his bow, his string, his arrow and his motion accordingly.”

“To give them an accurate eye and strength of arm, none under twenty-four years of age might shoot at any standing mark, except it was for a rover, and then he was to change his mark at every shot; and no person above that age might shoot at any mark whose distance was less than eleven score yards.”

“I filled the bottle up to the 500ml mark.”

“Another common form of short con is the shell game. This scam has the advantage of giving the criminal the ability to rip off many marks all at one location.”

“[Xi Jinping] asked for Trump's personal attention to the issue, probably figuring he had identified his mark and wasn't going to let him get away.”

“Dominic Di Grasso (Michael Imperioli): How are you gonna make it in life if you're this big a mark? Albie Di Grasso (Adam DiMarco): I'm not a mark.”

“A mark saies my Lady. Let the mark haue a prick in't, to meate at, if it may be.”

“her thighs were still spread, and the mark lay fair for him, who, now kneeling between them, displayed to us a side-view of that fierce erect machine of his[…].”

Fanny Hill

“A mark for tardiness or for absence is considered by most pupils a disgrace, and strenuous efforts are made to avoid such a mark.”

“Now put the pastry in at 450 degrees, or mark 8.”

“The Mark I system had poor radar, and the Mark II was too expensive; regardless, most antiaircraft direction remained the responsibility of the Mark I Eyeball (as the jocular phrase calls it): that is, the operator's eye.”

“to be within the mark”

“to come up to the mark”

“In the official marks invested, you / Anon do meet the Senate.”

“patricians of mark”

“a fellow of no mark”

“But faults so countenanced, that the strong statutes Stand like the forfeits in a barber's shop, as much in mock as mark”

“His last comment is particularly worthy of mark.”

“in the short story of western flavor he was a pioneer of mark, the founder of a genre: probably no other writer is so significant in his field.”

“As a reward for his poetry, Athelstan gave Egil two more gold rings weighing a mark each, along with an expensive cloak that the king himself had worn.”

“George, on receiving it, instantly rose from the side of one of them, and said, in the hearing of them all, ‘I will bet a hundred merks that is Drummond.’”

“He had been made a royal counsellor, drawing a substantial annual salary of a hundred marks.”

“Aus der Geschichte der menschlichen Dummheit. By Dr. Max Kemmerich. Price 3 mark 50 pfennige. Bavaria: Verlag Albert Langen, Munich.”

“"And your name?" she said, "I suppose it's quite unremarkable?" "Very funny." "Mark. It could stand as a symbol of a man, for men as a category," she reflected, "but I don't suppose that's why your mother gave it to you?" "My mother's motives always were impenetrable to me. I was her only child, she wanted a simple life. So she gave me a simple name to go along with it. --- It wasn't a popular name until the nineteenth century. People were put off by King Mark in the Tristram and Iseult."”

“One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation.”

“And Barnabas was determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. But Paul thought it not good to take him with them, who departed from them in Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder from the other; and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus.”

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