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Meaning of mark down | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To reduce the price of.
  2. To write a memorandum about.
  3. To subtract marks or points from, for an error.
  4. To write down.
  5. To draw a conclusion about something; to consider something to be a certain way. (Typically used with as.)

Equivalents

Examples

“The writing is good, but I had to mark you down for failing to cite references.”
“They could not take what he'd become / and mark him down as free, / and so they trapped him with his dream / and nailed him to a tree.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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