mark

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember

   It was in London that they made their mark.

2. 2
   noun

   a number or letter indicating quality, especially of a student's performance

   The student made good marks in algebra.

3. 3
   noun

   a symbol of disgrace or infamy

   And the Lord set a mark upon Cain--Genesis

4. 4
   noun

   a visible indication made on a surface

   some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks

5. 5
   noun

   a written or printed symbol, as for punctuation

   The answer was just a punctuation mark.

6. 6
   noun

   a reference point to shoot at

   The arrow hit the mark.

7. 7
   noun

   a distinguishing symbol

   the owner's mark was on all the sheep

8. 8
   verb

   make or leave a mark on

   the scouts marked the trail

Etymology

From Middle English mark, merk, merke, from Old English mearc (“mark, sign, line of division; standard; boundary, limit, term, border; defined area, district, province”), from Proto-West Germanic *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary, border”). Compare march. Cognates * Dutch mark, merk (“mark, brand”) * German Mark (“mark; borderland”), Marke (“mark, brand”) * Swedish mark (“mark, land, territory”) * Icelandic mark (“mark, sign”) * Latin margō (“edge, margin”) * Persian مرز (marz, “limit, boundary”) * Sanskrit मर्या…