march

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a steady advance

   the march of science

2. 2
   noun

   genre of music written for marching

   Sousa wrote the best marches

3. 3
   noun

   a procession of people walking together

   the march went up Fifth Avenue

4. 4
   noun

   district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area

   the Welsh marches between England and Wales

5. 5
   verb

   force to march

   The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria

6. 6
   verb

   cause to march or go at a marching pace

   They marched the mules into the desert

7. 7
   noun

   A political rally or parade.

   Mr. Nelson covered the Selma-to-Montgomery freedom marches, including Bloody Sunday, on March 7, 1965, when 600 marchers were attacked with billy clubs and tear gas.

8. 8
   noun

   Steady forward movement or progression.

   the march of time

Etymology

From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“to mark”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc (“mark, boundary”). Compare mark, from Old English mearcian. Compare typologically Russian сле́довать (slédovatʹ) (akin to след (sled)). Also compare пятно́ (pjatnó) (<~ пята́ (pjatá)).