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marking   (TTS Sound)

The noun marking has 4 senses

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


• marking -- (a pattern of marks)


• marking, grading, scoring -- (evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do")


• marking -- (the act of making a visible mark on a surface)

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)