Antonyms for mark


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : mahrk
Phonetic Transcription : mɑrk


Definition of mark

Origin :
  • "trace, impression," Old English mearc (West Saxon), merc (Mercian) "boundary, sign, limit, mark," from Proto-Germanic *marko (cf. Old Norse merki "boundary, sign," mörk "forest," which often marked a frontier; Old Frisian merke, Gothic marka "boundary, frontier," Dutch merk "mark, brand," German Mark "boundary, boundary land"), from PIE *merg- "edge, boundary, border" (cf. Latin margo "margin;" Avestan mareza- "border," Old Irish mruig, Irish bruig "borderland," Welsh bro "district").
  • The primary sense is probably "boundary," which had evolved by Old English through "sign of a boundary," through "sign in general," then to "impression or trace forming a sign." Meaning "any visible trace or impression" first recorded c.1200. Sense of "line drawn to indicate starting point of a race" (e.g. on your marks ...) first attested 1887. The Middle English sense of "target" (c.1200) is the notion in marksman and slang sense "victim of a swindle" (1883). The notion of "sign, token" is behind the meaning "numerical award given by a teacher" (1829). Influenced by Scandinavian cognates.
  • noun blemish; character
  • noun characteristic, symptom
  • noun criterion, standard
  • noun goal, target
  • noun importance
  • verb blemish, stain
  • verb characterize
  • verb see, notice
Example sentences :
  • And what monument would you have reared to mark the spot where Anaxagoras sleeps?
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Mrs. Rushton was pleased with this mark of attention, and after a slight demur, accepted.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The voyage was more than half completed, and nothing of importance had occurred to mark it.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Their faces fell, and even Mark began a gentle expostulation.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Mark was in many things an exception—a curious mixture of child and youth.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Why shouldn't piggy have his fun as well as another—eh, Mark?
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • "Mind we don't forget to mention it as we go back," he said to Mark.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She was running towards them-shrieking, and no Mark was to be seen.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He could not go until he saw Mark fairly started on the way of recovery.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • I doubt if to know his father better just then would have been for Mark to love him more.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for mark

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