march

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Related terms 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.3.1.3 Related terms 1.3.1.4 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /mɑːtʃ/, SAMPA: /mA:tS/
• (US) enPR: märch, IPA: /mɑrtʃ/, SAMPA: /mArtS/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)tʃ

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English marchen from Middle French marcher (“‘to march, to walk’”), from Old French marchier (“‘to stride, to march, to trample’”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *markōn (“‘to mark, mark out, to press with the foot’”), from Proto-Germanic *marko, from Proto-Indo-European *mereg- (“‘edge, boundary’”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc "mark, boundary"

[edit] Noun

march (plural marches)

1. A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
2. A political rally or parade
3. Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
4. Steady forward movement or progression.

   The march of time.

5. (obsolete) Smallage.

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• (steady forward movement or progression): process
• (political rally): protest, parade, rally
• (steady forward movement): advancement, progression
• (smallage): smallage

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• démarche
• volksmarch

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to march (third-person singular simple present marches, present participle marching, simple past and past participle marched)

1. To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
2. To go to war; to make military advances.

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• dismarch
• marcher
• marching
• march off
• march on
• outmarch
• overmarch
• remarch

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English marche (“‘tract of land along a country's border’”), from Old French marche (“‘boundary, frontier’”), from Frankish *marka, from Proto-Germanic *marko, from Proto-Indo-European *mereg- (“‘edge, boundary’”).

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march (plural marches)

1. (obsolete) A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:

     Therefore, sir, be my counsayle, rere up your lyege peple and sende kynges and dewkes to loke unto your marchis, and that the mountaynes of Almayne be myghtyly kepte.

2. A region at a frontier governed by a marquess

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• (border region): frontier

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• Lord Warden of the Marches
• marcher
• march-gat
• march-land
• march-man
• march parts, march-party
• March Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary
• march stone
• march-ward
• Welsh Marches

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• Marche
• marquess
• marchion
• marchionat
• marchioness
• marquis
• marquisate
• stanmarch

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[edit] Verb

to march (third-person singular simple present marches, present participle marching, simple past and past participle marched)

1. (intransitive) To have common borders or frontiers

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: achmr
• charm