English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "mark"

mark

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mark noun

¹ spot/line

ADJ. dirty, grease, greasy, grubby | visible | distinguishing, identifying Does he have any distinguishing marks? | chalk, pencil | bite, burn, claw, finger (also fingermark), scorch, scratch, scuff, skid, stretch, tyre

VERB + MARK get How did you get that mark on your shirt? | leave, make The dirty water left a mark round the side of the bath. | get off/out, remove I can't get the children's dirty fingermarks off the wall.

MARK + VERB come off/out These greasy marks just won't come out.

PREP. ~ on There were grubby marks on the wall.

² sign of a quality/feeling

ADJ. deep, indelible, permanent The experience left a deep mark on her memory. | real the real mark of a master craftsman

VERB + MARK bear, have | leave

PREP. ~ of Such thoughtful behaviour is the mark of a true gentleman.

PHRASES as a mark of respect

³ used to show the standard of sb's work

ADJ. good, high | bad, low, poor | full I got full marks for my homework. | top | pass What's the pass mark in maths? | total | average

VERB + MARK get | give sb | take off She took off a mark for bad handwriting. | gain | lose

PREP. above … ~s, below … ~s If you get below 40 marks, you're not allowed to go up into the next class. | ~ for You get two marks for each correct answer. a good mark for geography | ~ out of How many marks out of ten would you give it?

⁴ level of sth

ADJ. halfway We've reached the halfway mark in the show. | high-water, low-water, tide

VERB + MARK set | reach | pass This year's sales figures have already passed the mark set last year. | fall short of

PREP. above the ~, around the ~ around the £500 mark | at a/the ~ The river was at its low-water mark. | below the ~, up to the ~ (= as good as sb/sth should be) Your grammar is not quite up to the mark.

⁵ target

ADJ. easy

VERB + MARK find, hit The shot found its mark. | miss

PHRASES wide of the mark (figurative) Shock tactics often fall wide of their mark.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); grade, score

  she made good marks in algebra

  grade A milk

  what was your score on your homework?

• a distinguishing symbol; marker, marking

  the owner's mark was on all the sheep

• a reference point to shoot at; target

  his arrow hit the mark

• a visible indication made on a surface; print

  some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks

  paw prints were everywhere

• 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

• a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis; stigma, brand, stain
• formerly the basic unit of money in Germany; German mark, Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark
• Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel; Mark, Saint Mark, St. Mark
• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of; chump, fool, gull, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug
• a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)

  his answer was just a punctuation mark

• a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened); sign

  he showed signs of strain

  they welcomed the signs of spring

• the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament; Mark, Gospel According to Mark
• an indication of damage; scratch, scrape, scar
• a marking that consists of lines that cross each other; crisscross, cross
• something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; bell ringer, bull's eye, home run

  the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer

  scored a bull's eye

  hit the mark

  the president's speech was a home run

v.

• attach a tag or label to; tag, label

  label these bottles

• designate as if by a mark

  This sign marks the border

• be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; distinguish, differentiate

  His modesty distinguishes him from his peers

• mark by some ceremony or observation; commemorate

  We marked the anniversary of his death

• make or leave a mark on

  the scouts marked the trail

  ash marked the believers' foreheads

• to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce

  He denounced the government action

  She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock

• notice or perceive; notice, note

  She noted that someone was following her

  mark my words

• mark with a scar; scar, pock, pit

  The skin disease scarred his face permanently

• make small marks into the surface of; score, nock

  score the clay before firing it

• establish as the highest level or best performance; set

  set a record

• make underscoring marks; score
• remove from a list; cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off

  Cross the name of the dead person off the list

• put a check mark on or near or next to; check, check off, mark off, tick off, tick

  Please check each name on the list

  tick off the items

  mark off the units

• assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; grade, score

  grade tests

  score the SAT essays

  mark homework

• insert punctuation marks into; punctuate

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English Slang Dictionary

1. a sucker, a target for gaffling and crime:"You mark-ass busta, you betta raise up" -- Dr Dre (Dre [??])
2. someone who is claiming a set (subset of a Crip or Blood gang) to which he does not belong

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Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. 1. In applications and data storage, a symbol or other device used to distinguish one item from others like it. 2. In digital transmission, the state of a communications line (positive or negative) corresponding to a binary 1. In asynchronous serial communications, a mark condition is the continuous transmission of binary 1s to indicate when the line is idle (not carrying information). In asynchronous error checking, setting the parity bit to 1 in each group of transmitted bits is known as mark parity. See also parity. Compare space. 3. In optical sensing, a pencil line, as on a voting form or an IQ test, that can be recognized by an optical reader.

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

marks|marked|marking
syn.: evidence grade indication line manifestation rating sign