noun
Meaning 1
The action of marking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
marking
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːkɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: M AA1 R K IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A mark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A symbol or set of letters used to identify the type or identity of an object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The markings on the plane identified it as belonging to law enforcement.
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noun
Meaning 5
Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
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verb
Meaning 6
present participle and gerund of mark
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 7
the act of making a visible mark on a surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: decoration
Narrower terms: lineation, mottling, striping
noun
Meaning 8
evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grading, scoring
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evaluation, rating
noun
Meaning 9
a pattern of marks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: design, pattern, figure
Narrower terms: blaze, crisscross, cross, mark, eyespot, ocellus, shading, spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation, stripe, streak, bar
noun
Meaning 10
a distinguishing symbol
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the owner's mark was on all the sheep
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marker, mark
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: symbol
Narrower terms: earmark, brand, trademark, authentication, hallmark, assay-mark, postmark, watermark, broad arrow, milestone, milepost, peg, pin, spot, pip, label, cairn
History
Etymology
From Middle English marking, merking, merkunge, from Old English mearcung, from Proto-West Germanic *markungu, equivalent to mark + -ing.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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