"marks" in the noun sense

1. mark, grade, score

a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance

"she made good marks in algebra"

"grade A milk"

"what was your score on your homework?"

2. marker, marking, mark

a distinguishing symbol

"the owner's mark was on all the sheep"

3. target, mark

a reference point to shoot at

"his arrow hit the mark"

4. mark, print

a visible indication made on a surface

"some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"

"paw prints were everywhere"

5. mark

the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember

"it was in London that he made his mark"

"he left an indelible mark on the American theater"

6. mark, stigma, brand, stain

a symbol of disgrace or infamy

"And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"

7. mark, German mark, Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark

formerly the basic unit of money in Germany

8. Mark, Saint Mark, St. Mark

Apostle and companion of Saint Peter assumed to be the author of the second Gospel

9. chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug

a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

10. mark

a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation

"his answer was just a punctuation mark"

11. sign, mark

a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened

"he showed signs of strain"

"they welcomed the signs of spring"

12. Mark, Gospel According to Mark

the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament

13. scratch, scrape, scar, mark

an indication of damage

14. crisscross, cross, mark

a marking that consists of lines that cross each other

15. bell ringer, bull's eye, mark, home run

something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal

"the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"

"scored a bull's eye"

"hit the mark"

"the president's speech was a home run"

"marks" 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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