verb
Meaning 1
To continue or keep on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- This process has marched on no matter how we try to stop it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
march on
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verb
Meaning 2
To protest (a place or institution).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We're going to march on City Hall!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To invade or attack (a place); to move towards a place in preparation for an attack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- At dawn, we march on the city.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 4
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Time marches on
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: advance, progress, pass on, move on, go on
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote
Narrower terms: forge, penetrate, creep up, sneak up, encroach, infringe, impinge, press on, push on, plough on, string, string along, pass, overtake, overhaul, close in, draw in, edge, inch, ratchet, rachet up, ratchet down, elapse, lapse, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
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Etymology
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