"marking" in the noun sense
1. marker, marking, mark
a distinguishing symbol
"the owner's mark was on all the sheep"
2. marking
a pattern of marks
3. marking, grading, scoring
evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
"what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"
4. marking
the act of making a visible mark on a surface
"marking" in the verb sense
1. tag, label, mark
attach a tag or label to
"label these bottles"
2. mark
designate as if by a mark
"This sign marks the border"
3. distinguish, mark, differentiate
be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait sometimes in a very positive sense
"His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"
4. commemorate, mark
celebrate by some ceremony or observation
"The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade"
5. mark
make or leave a mark on
"the scouts marked the trail"
"ash marked the believers' foreheads"
6. 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"
7. notice, mark, note
notice or perceive
"She noted that someone was following her"
"mark my words"
8. scar, mark, pock, pit
mark with a scar
"The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
9. score, nock, mark
make small marks into the surface of
"score the clay before firing it"
10. set, mark
establish as the highest level or best performance
"set a record"
11. score, mark
make underscoring marks
12. cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, mark
remove from a list
"Cross the name of the dead person off the list"
13. check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick
put a check mark on or near or next to
"Please check each name on the list"
"tick off the items"
"mark off the units"
14. grade, score, mark
assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
"grade tests"
"score the SAT essays"
"mark homework"
15. punctuate, mark
insert punctuation marks into
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