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Noun mark has 15 senses
- mark, grade, score - a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"
--1 is a kind of businessman, man of affairs; evaluation, valuation, rating; businessman, man of affairs; evaluation, valuation, rating
--1 has particulars: grade point; percentile, centile; decile; quartile
- marker, marking, mark - a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep"
--2 is a kind of symbol; symbol
--2 has particulars:
- target, mark - a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark"
--3 is a kind of reference point, point of reference, reference; reference point, point of reference, reference
--3 has parts: bull's eye, bull
--3 has particulars: clout; drogue
- mark, print - a visible indication made on a surface; "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere"
--4 is a kind of indication, indicant; indication, indicant
--4 has particulars:
- mark - the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember; "it was in London that he made his mark"; "he left an indelible mark on the American theater"
--5 is a kind of impression, effect; impression, effect
- mark, stigma, brand, stain - a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
--6 is a kind of symbol; symbol
--6 has particulars:
- mark, German mark, Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark - formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
--7 is a kind of German monetary unit; German monetary unit
--7 has parts: pfennig
- Mark, Saint Mark, St. Mark - Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel
--8 is a kind of Apostle; Evangelist; saint; Apostle; Evangelist; saint
- chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug - a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
--9 is a kind of victim, dupe; victim, dupe
- mark - a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark"
--10 is a kind of written symbol, printed symbol; written symbol, printed symbol
--10 has particulars: | arrow, pointer; broad arrow; call mark, call number, pressmark; caret; check mark, check, tick; diacritical mark, diacritic; ditto mark, ditto; dollar mark, dollar sign; point, head; punctuation, punctuation mark |
- sign, mark - a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened); "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring"
--11 is a kind of clue, clew, cue; clue, clew, cue
- Mark, Gospel According to Mark - the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament
--12 is a kind of Gospel, Gospels, evangel; book; Gospel, Gospels, evangel; book
--12 is a part of New Testament
- scratch, scrape, scar, mark - an indication of damage
--13 is a kind of blemish, defect, mar; blemish, defect, mar
- crisscross, cross, mark - marking consisting of crossing lines
--14 is a kind of marking; marking
- bell ringer, bull's eye, mark, home run - something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run"
--15 is a kind of success; success
Verb mark has 15 senses
- tag, label, mark - attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles"
--1 is one way to attach
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
- 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
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- 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
Sample sentences:
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Something ----s something
- commemorate, mark - mark by some ceremony or observation; "We marked the anniversary of his death"
--4 is one way to observe, celebrate, keep
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- 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
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- 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
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Somebody ----s somebody
- notice, mark, note - notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words"
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Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- scar, mark, pock, pit - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
--8 is one way to deface, disfigure, blemish
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- score, nock, mark - make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"
--9 is one way to notch
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- set, mark - establish as the highest level or best performance; "set a record"
--10 is one way to lay down, establish, make
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- score, mark - make underscoring marks
--11 is one way to record, enter, put down
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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Somebody ----s something
- punctuate, mark - insert punctuation marks into
--15 is one way to add
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