mark

CEFRA2

/mɑːk/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small spot, line, or symbol on a surface.

  2. 02

    verb

    To show or record something with a sign or symbol.

Examples

  • The Queen unveiled a plaque to mark the official opening of the hospital.

  • Your guess is entirely off the mark.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /maːk/
  • /maːrk/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Boundary, land within a boundary.

  2. A boundary; a border or frontier.

  3. A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.

More examples

In context

  • You're wide of the mark.

  • A good sense of manners is the mark of a true gentleman.

  • The font wasn't able to render all the diacritical marks properly.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English mark, merk, merke, from Old English mearc (“mark, sign, line of division; standard; boundary, limit, term, border; defined area, district, province”), from Proto-West Germanic *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary, border”). Compare march. Cognates * Dutch mark, merk (“mark, brand”) * German Mark (“mark; borderland”), Marke (“mark, brand”) * Swedish mark (“mark, land, territory”) * Icelandic mark (“mark, sign”) * Latin margō (“edge, margin”) * Persian مرز (marz, “limit, boundary”) * Sanskrit मर्या (maryā, “limit, mark, boundary”), मार्ग (mārga, “mark, section”).