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marking

 
Noun marking has 4 senses
  1. marker, marking, mark - a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep"
    --1 is a kind of symbol
    --1 has particulars:
     earmark; brand; trademark; authentication, hallmark, assay-mark; postmark; watermark; broad arrow; milestone, milepost; peg, pin; spot, pip; label; cairn
    Derived form: verb mark1
  2. marking - a pattern of marks
    --2 is a kind of
    design, pattern, figure
    --2 has particulars:
     blaze; crisscross, cross, mark; eyespot, ocellus; shading; spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation; stripe, streak
  3. marking, grading, scoring - evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"
    --3 is a kind of evaluation, rating
    Derived form: verb mark14
  4. marking - the act of making a visible mark on a surface
    --4 is a kind of
    decoration
    --4 has particulars: lineation; mottling; striping
    Derived form: verb mark5
Verb mark has 15 senses
  1. tag, label, mark - attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles"
    --1 is one way to attach
    Derived form: noun marking1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something with something
  2. mark - designate as if by a mark; "This sign marks the border"; "He indicated where the border ended"
    --2 is one way to
    bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
    Derived forms: noun mark4, noun marker3, noun marker1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. distinguish, mark, differentiate - be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him form his peers"
    --3 is one way to qualify, characterize, characterise
    Derived forms: noun mark2, noun marker2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  4. commemorate, mark - mark by some ceremony or observation; "We marked the anniversary of his death"
    --4 is one way to observe, celebrate, keep
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. mark - make or leave a mark on; "mark the trail so that we can find our way back"
    --5 is one way to
    change, alter, modify
    Derived forms: noun mark4, noun mark2, noun marker3, noun marking4
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  6. stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark - to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock"
    --6 is one way to label
    Derived form: noun mark6
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  7. notice, mark, note - notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words"
    Derived form: noun mark11
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  8. scar, mark, pock, pit - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
    --8 is one way to deface, disfigure, blemish
    Derived form: noun mark13
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  9. score, nock, mark - make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"
    --9 is one way to notch
    Derived forms: noun mark4, noun mark14
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  10. set, mark - establish as the highest level or best performance; "set a record"
    --10 is one way to lay down, establish, make
    Derived form: noun mark15
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  11. score, mark - make underscoring marks
    --11 is one way to record, enter, put down
    Derived forms: noun mark10, noun mark14, noun marker3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  12. cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, mark - remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list"
    --12 is one way to take away, take out
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  13. check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick - put a check mark on or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"
    --13 is one way to verify
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  14. grade, score, mark - assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"
    --14 is one way to measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
    Derived form: noun marking3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  15. punctuate, mark - insert punctuation marks into
    --15 is one way to add
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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