Checking and Mark
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Check.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
noun
- A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance. )
- usage: "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework"
- A distinguishing symbol.
- usage: "the owner's mark was on all the sheep"
- A reference point to shoot at.
- usage: "his arrow hit the mark"
- synonyms: target
- A visible indication made on a surface.
- usage: "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere"
- synonyms: print
- The impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember.
- usage: "it was in London that he made his mark"; "he left an indelible mark on the American theater"
- A symbol of disgrace or infamy."And the Lord set a mark upon Cain-Genesis
- Formerly the basic unit of money in Germany.
- synonyms: German mark, Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark
- Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel.
- synonyms: Saint Mark, St. Mark
- A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
- A written or printed symbol (as for punctuation. )
- usage: "his answer was just a punctuation mark"
- A perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened. )
- usage: "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring"
- synonyms: sign
- The shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament.
- synonyms: Gospel According to Mark
- An indication of damage.
- A marking that consists of lines that cross each other.
- synonyms: crisscross, cross
- Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal.
- usage: "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run"
- synonyms: bell ringer, bull's eye, home run
verb
- Attach a tag or label to.
- usage: "label these bottles"
- Designate as if by a mark.
- usage: "This sign marks the border"
- Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense.
- usage: "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"
- synonyms: distinguish, differentiate
- Mark by some ceremony or observation.
- usage: "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade"
- synonyms: commemorate
- Make or leave a mark on.
- usage: "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"
- To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful.
- usage: "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock"
- synonyms: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce
- Notice or perceive.
- usage: "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words"
- Mark with a scar.
- usage: "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
- Make small marks into the surface of.
- usage: "score the clay before firing it"
- Establish as the highest level or best performance.
- usage: "set a record"
- synonyms: set
- Make underscoring marks.
- synonyms: score
- Remove from a list.
- usage: "Cross the name of the dead person off the list"
- synonyms: cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off
- Put a check mark on or near or next to.
- usage: "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units"
- Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation.
- usage: "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"
- Insert punctuation marks into.
- synonyms: punctuate
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) A license of reprisals. See Marque.
- (v.t.) To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the points in a game of billiards or cards.
- (n.) A fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a traveler, a surveyor, etc.; as, a seamark, a landmark.
- (n.) The unit of monetary account of the German Empire, equal to 23.8 cents of United States money; the equivalent of one hundred pfennigs. Also, a silver coin of this value.
- (n.) Image; likeness; hence, those formed in one's image; children; descendants.
- (v.i.) To take particular notice; to observe critically; to note; to remark.
- (v.t.) To leave a trace, scratch, scar or other mark, upon or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor.
- (n.) One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps.".
- (n.) That toward which a missile is directed; a thing aimed at; what one seeks to hit or reach.
- (n.) Badge or sign of honor, rank or official station.
- (n.) A number or other character used in registring; as, examination marks; a mark for tardiness.
- (n.) Limit or standard of action or fact; as, to be within the mark; to come up to the mark.
- (v.t.) To notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note of; to remark; to heed; to regard.
- (n.) An evidence of presence, agency or influence; a significative token; a symptom; a trace; specifically, a permanent impression of one's activity or character.
- (n.) Attention, regard or respect.
- (n.) An old weight and coin. See Marc.
- (n.) A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything; especially, a line, point, stamp, figure or the like, drawn or impressed, so as to attract the attention and convey some information or intimation; a token; a trace.
- (v.t.) To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.
- (n.) A character or device put on an article of merchandise by the maker to show by whom it was made; a trade-mark.
- (n.) A character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature by one who can not write.
- (n.) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- (v.t.) To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader.
- (n.) A trace, dot, line, imprint or discoloration, although not regarded as a token or sign; a scratch, scar, stain, etc.; as, this pencil makes a fine mark.
- (n.) Preeminence; high position; as, particians of mark; a fellow of no mark.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary