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Antonyms for marks

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : mahrk
Phonetic Transcription : mɑrk

Definition of marks

Origin :
  • "trace, impression," Old English mearc (West Saxon), merc (Mercian) "boundary, sign, limit, mark," from Proto-Germanic *marko (cf. Old Norse merki "boundary, sign," mörk "forest," which often marked a frontier; Old Frisian merke, Gothic marka "boundary, frontier," Dutch merk "mark, brand," German Mark "boundary, boundary land"), from PIE *merg- "edge, boundary, border" (cf. Latin margo "margin;" Avestan mareza- "border," Old Irish mruig, Irish bruig "borderland," Welsh bro "district").
  • The primary sense is probably "boundary," which had evolved by Old English through "sign of a boundary," through "sign in general," then to "impression or trace forming a sign." Meaning "any visible trace or impression" first recorded c.1200. Sense of "line drawn to indicate starting point of a race" (e.g. on your marks ...) first attested 1887. The Middle English sense of "target" (c.1200) is the notion in marksman and slang sense "victim of a swindle" (1883). The notion of "sign, token" is behind the meaning "numerical award given by a teacher" (1829). Influenced by Scandinavian cognates.
  • noun blemish; character
  • noun characteristic, symptom
  • noun criterion, standard
  • noun goal, target
  • noun importance
  • verb blemish, stain
  • verb characterize
  • verb see, notice
Example sentences :
  • One of these marks the units and the other the hundredths (Fig. 5).
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
  • When he could not remember his father's marks he made up others.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • They have left here the marks of tragedy, of pathos, or of joy.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Well, it is quite evident they are examining some sort of marks.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • These marks had been made by many hands, and I wondered where they were now.
  • Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
  • "My friend, I told you so," said the uncle, with a fine pulsation in the two marks.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • A necklace of rubies, the best they have, one that will cost at least twenty thousand marks.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • Docility, as I have pointed out elsewhere, is one of the marks of genius.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • You will see the marks of the wheels where I have gone before, and they will guide.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • Magna Charta was secured by men who signed the deed with their marks.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

Synonyms for marks

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