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mark

noun

1 a dirty mark on the tablecloth | a chestnut mare with a white mark on her forehead:

blemish, streak, spot, fleck, dot, blot, stain, smear, trace, speck, speckle, blotch, smudge, smut, smirch, fingermark, fingerprint, impression, imprint;

bruise, discoloration, scar, pit, pockmark, pock, scratch, dent, chip, notch, nick, line, score, cut, incision, gash;

marking, blaze, stripe;

birthmark;

informal splotch, splodge;

technical stigma.

2 a punctuation mark:

symbol, sign, character;

exclamation mark, question mark, quotation mark;

diacritic, diacritical mark.

3 he signed his mark in the visitors' book:

signature, autograph, cross, X, scribble, squiggle, initials, imprint.

4 books bearing the mark of a well-known bookseller:

logo, seal, stamp, imprint, symbol, emblem, device, insignia, badge, brand, trademark, token, monogram, hallmark, logotype, watermark, label, tag, flag, motto.

5 unemployment had passed the three million mark:

point, level, stage, degree.

6 the flag was lowered as a mark of respect:

sign, token, symbol, indication, badge, emblem, symptom, feature, evidence, proof, clue, hint.

7 the war left its mark on him:

impression, imprint, traces, vestiges, effect, impact, influence.

8 it is the mark of a civilized society to treat its elderly members well:

characteristic, feature, trait, attribute, quality, hallmark, badge, stamp, property, peculiarity, indicator.

9 he got very good marks for maths and physics:

grade, grading, rating, score, percentage;

assessment, evaluation.

10 the bullet missed its mark | his comment hit the mark:

target, goal, aim, bullseye, objective, object, end, purpose, intent, intention.

11 his work hasn't been up to the mark:

required standard, standard, norm, par, level, criterion, gauge, yardstick, rule, measure, scale.

□ make one's mark

he has made his mark in the financial world:

be successful, distinguish oneself, succeed, gain success, be a success, prosper, get ahead, get on, make good, achieve recognition, attain distinction;

informal make it, make the grade, find a place in the sun.

□ quick off the mark

alert, quick, quick-witted, bright, clever, perceptive, sharp, sharp-witted, observant, wide awake;

informal on the ball, on one's toes, quick on the uptake.

▷antonyms slow-witted, dozy.

□ up to the mark

the team's training is not up to the mark:

good enough, up to scratch, up to standard, up to par, satisfactory, acceptable, adequate, passable, sufficient, competent, all right;

informal OK, up to snuff.

▷antonyms below standard, unacceptable.

□ wide of the mark

1 his answer was wide of the mark:

inaccurate, incorrect, wrong, erroneous, inexact, off-target, off-beam, out, fallacious, mistaken, misguided, misinformed;

archaic abroad.

▷antonyms spot on.

2 the observations were wide of the mark:

irrelevant, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, immaterial, not to the point, beside the point, off the subject, extraneous, neither here nor there.

▷antonyms to the point.

verb

1 be careful not to mark the paintwork:

discolour, stain, smear, smudge, streak, blotch, blot, blemish;

dirty, smirch, damage, deface, disfigure, pockmark, pit, bruise, scrape, scratch, scar, dent, chip, nick, notch, score, cut, gash;

informal splotch, splodge.

2 all her possessions were clearly marked:

put one's name on, name, initial, put one's seal on, label, tag, hallmark, watermark, brand, stamp, earmark.

3 I've marked the relevant passages | a bronze cross marks the grave:

indicate, label, flag, tab, show the position of, show, identify, designate, delineate, denote;

British tick.

4 the city held a festival to mark its 200th anniversary:

celebrate, observe, recognize, acknowledge, keep, honour, solemnize, pay tribute to, salute, commemorate, remember, memorialize.

5 two great sea battles marked a new epoch in naval history:

represent, signify, be an indication of, be a sign of, indicate, herald.

6 his style is marked by simplicity and concision:

characterize, distinguish, identify, typify, brand, signalize, stamp.

7 an examiner may have hundreds of papers to mark:

assess, evaluate, appraise, correct;

North American grade.

8 it'll cause trouble, you mark my words!:

take heed of, pay heed to, heed, listen to, take note/notice of, pay attention to, attend to, note, mind, bear in mind, give (a) thought to, take into consideration, take to heart;

archaic regard.

□ mark something down

1 prices have been marked down for quick sale:

reduce, decrease, lower, cut, put down, take down, discount;

informal slash.

▷antonyms increase.

2 some shops have marked the trainers down:

lower the price of, make cheaper, sell at a giveaway price, put in a sale;

informal knock down.

▷antonyms mark something up.

□ mark someone out

1 his honesty marked him out from the rest of them:

set apart, separate, single out, differentiate, distinguish.

2 she is marked out for fame:

destine, ordain, predestine, preordain.

□ mark something out

the pitch had already been marked out:

delineate, outline, delimit, demarcate, measure out, mark the boundaries/limits of, mark off, define, describe, stake out.

□ mark something up

1 they marked up the price by 66 per cent:

increase, raise, up, put up, hike (up), escalate;

informal jack up.

▷antonyms mark something down.

2 editors marked up the text in pencil:

annotate, correct, label.

mark (1) Oxford Dictionary of English