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marks   (TTS Sound)

The noun marks has 1 sense

• Marks, Simon Marks, First Baron Marks of Broughton -- (English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964))

The noun mark has 15 senses

• 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?")


• marker, marking, mark -- (a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep")


• target, mark -- (a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark")


• mark, print -- (a visible indication made on a surface; "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere")


• 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")


• mark, stigma, brand, stain -- (a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis)


• mark, German mark, Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark -- (formerly the basic unit of money in Germany)


• Mark, Saint Mark, St. Mark -- (Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel)


• chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug -- (a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of)


• mark -- (a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark")


• 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")


• Mark, Gospel According to Mark -- (the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament)


• scratch, scrape, scar, mark -- (an indication of damage)


• crisscross, cross, mark -- (a marking that consists of lines that cross each other)


• 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")

The verb mark has 15 senses

• tag, label, mark -- (attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles")


• mark -- (designate as if by a mark; "This sign marks the border")


• distinguish, mark, differentiate -- (be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers")


• commemorate, mark -- (mark by some ceremony or observation; "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade")


• mark -- (make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads")


• 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")


• notice, mark, note -- (notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words")


• scar, mark, pock, pit -- (mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently")


• score, nock, mark -- (make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it")


• set, mark -- (establish as the highest level or best performance; "set a record")


• score, mark -- (make underscoring marks)


• cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, mark -- (remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list")


• 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")


• grade, score, mark -- (assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework")


• punctuate, mark -- (insert punctuation marks into)