mark

I

n.

sign. symbol

1) to make one's mark ('to make a cross in place of a signature')

2) an accent, stress; diacritical; exclamation (BE; AE has exclamation point); punctuation; question; quotation mark

3) (mil.) a hash mark

4) a laundry mark

impression. imprint

5) to leave, make one's mark (they will leave their mark on history)

6) a distinguishing; indelible mark

target

7) to find, hit the mark (the bullet found its mark)

8) to miss; overshoot the mark

9) to fall short of the mark

10) off the mark; wide of the mark

skin blemish

11) a strawberry mark (esp. BE; CE has birthmark)

victim

12) an easy mark

starting line of a race

13) on your marks!

misc.

14) to toe the mark ('to adhere to the rules'); to bear the mark of Cain (see also grade1-4)

II

v.

1) (D; tr.) to mark as (these items were marked as acceptable)

2) (d; tr.) to mark for (marked for death)

3) (K) this birthday marks his coming of age

4) (N; used with an adjective) she marked the documents secret

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[mɑːk]

diacritical

overshoot the mark

punctuation

question

quotation mark

stress

wide of the mark ('skin blemish')

exclamation (BE; AE has exclamation point)

to hear the mark of Cain (see also grade 1-4)

hit the mark (the bullet found its mark)

make one's mark (they will leave their mark on history)

(K) this birthday marks his coming of age

(N; used with an adjective) she marked the documents secret

(mil.) a hash mark

['starting line of a race'] on your marks!

['target'] to find

['victim'] an easy mark

a distinguishing: indelible mark

an accent

an accent

off the mark

to fall short of the mark

to leave

to miss

a laundry mark ("impression. imprint")

['misc. '] to toe the mark ('to adhere to the rules')

('sign. symbol') to make one's mark ('to make a cross in place of a signature')

a strawberry mark (esp. BE; CE has birthmark)

(D; tr.) to mark as (these items were marked as acceptable)

(d; tr.) to mark for (marked for death)