1. (

• marker ,
• marking ,
• mark ,

) a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" ;

2. (

• marking

) a pattern of marks ;

3. (

• marking ,
• grading ,
• scoring

) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do" ;

4. (

• marking ,

) the act of making a visible mark on a surface ;

1. (

• tag ,
• label ,
• mark ,

) attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles" ;

2. (

• mark ,

) designate as if by a mark; "This sign marks the border" ;

3. (

• distinguish ,
• mark ,
• differentiate ,

) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers" ;

4. (

• commemorate ,
• mark ,

) celebrate by some ceremony or observation; "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade" ;

5. (

• mark

) make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" ;

6. (

• stigmatize ,
• stigmatise ,
• brand ,
• denounce ,
• mark

) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" ;

7. (

• notice ,
• mark ,
• note

) notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words" ;

8. (

• scar ,
• mark ,
• pock ,
• pit

) mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" ;

9. (

• score ,
• nock ,
• mark ,

) make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" ;

10. (

• set ,
• mark ,

) establish as the highest level or best performance; "set a record" ;

11. (

• score ,
• mark

) make underscoring marks ;

12. (

• cross_off ,
• cross_out ,
• strike_out ,
• strike_off ,
• mark ,

) remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list" ;

13. (

• check ,
• check_off ,
• mark ,
• mark_off ,
• tick_off ,
• tick

) put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units" ;

14. (

• grade ,
• score ,
• mark

) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" ;

15. (

• punctuate ,
• mark ,

) insert punctuation marks into ;