What is mark?

  • (noun): The impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember.
    Example: "It was in London that he made his mark"; "he left an indelible mark on the American theater"
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on mark, marks:

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Mark - Other
... Beauty mark, dark mole on the face or other part of the body that is considered to be attractive Tick (check mark) Diacritical mark, mark added to a letter to alter a word's pronunciation or to ... Tolkien's fantasy era of Middle-earth see also Marches Mark, a grade awarded to students' work Merchant's Mark Sea mark, pilotage aid which identifies the approximate ...
Kano - Durbar Festival
... The Emir of Kano hosts a Durbar to mark and celebrate the two annual Muslim festivals and Eid-ul-Fitr (to mark the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan ...
V And W Class Destroyer - Conversions For The Second World War - WAIR
... but this larger ship also received a quadruple QF 2 pdr Mark VII mounting ... was replaced with four QF 4 inch L/45 Mark XVI guns in two twin mountings HA/LA Mark XIX, shipped on the fore and aft shelter decks ... The armament was controlled by a Mark II(W) rangefinder - director, fitted with Radar Type 285 for target ranging as soon as it became available ...
Interrobang
... often represented by ?! or !?), is a nonstandard punctuation mark used in various written languages and intended to combine the functions of the question mark (also called the “interrogative point ... The glyph is a superimposition of these two marks ...

More definitions of "mark":

  • (noun): Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel.
    Synonyms: Saint Mark, St. Mark
  • (verb): Insert punctuation marks into.
    Synonyms: punctuate
  • (verb): Notice or perceive.
    Example: "Mark my words"
    Synonyms: notice, note
  • (verb): Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense.
    Synonyms: distinguish, differentiate
  • (verb): Establish as the highest level or best performance.
    Synonyms: set
  • (verb): Attach a tag or label to.
    Synonyms: tag, label
  • (verb): Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation.
    Example: "Mark homework"
    Synonyms: grade, score
  • (noun): A perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened).
    Synonyms: sign
  • (verb): Make underscoring marks.
    Synonyms: score
  • (noun): A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance).
    Synonyms: grade, score
  • (noun): A symbol of disgrace or infamy.
    Example: "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
    Synonyms: stigma, brand, stain
  • (noun): A written or printed symbol (as for punctuation).
    Example: "His answer was just a punctuation mark"
  • (noun): A distinguishing symbol.
    Example: "The owner's mark was on all the sheep"
    Synonyms: marker, marking
  • (noun): A visible indication made on a surface.
    Synonyms: print
  • (noun): A reference point to shoot at.
    Example: "His arrow hit the mark"
    Synonyms: target
  • (verb): Make or leave a mark on.
    Example: "Mark the trail so that we can find our way back"
  • (verb): Mark by some ceremony or observation.
    Synonyms: commemorate
  • (verb): Designate as if by a mark.
    Example: "This sign marks the border"; "He indicated where the border ended"
  • (verb): Make small marks into the surface of.
    Synonyms: score, nock

Famous quotes containing the word mark:

    “If it is the mark of the artist to love art before everything, to renounce everything for its sake, to think all the sweet human things of life well lost if only he may attain something, do some good, great work—then I was never an artist.”
    —Ellen Terry (1847–1928)

    “...they look like trees, walking.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Mark 8:24.

    A man partially healed of blindness commenting on what he sees.

    “It is the mark of an educated man to look for precision in each class of things just so far as the nature of the subject admits; it is evidently equally foolish to accept probable reasoning from a mathematician and to demand from a rhetorician demonstrative proofs.”
    —Aristotle (384–323 B.C.)