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consequential mark

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A mark awarded to a student when assessing their work, on the basis that they followed the correct method despite arriving at an incorrect result or conclusion due to an earlier error in the work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: education

Examples

  • I wrote 5 instead of 6 on the second line of my working, so my answer came out as –4 instead of 30, but thanks to consequential marks I still got 4 marks out of 6.

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