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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Etymology 1 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.3.2.2 Derived terms 1.4 Etymology 2 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Synonyms 1.4.1.2 Translations 1.4.2 See also 2 Faroese 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 2.1.2 Synonyms 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Synonyms 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 4 Icelandic 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 See also 4.1.2 Derived terms 5 Norwegian 5.1 Noun 6 Swedish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• marke (obsolete)
• merk (obsolete)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɑːk/ (UK), IPA: /mɑɹk/ (US)
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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)k
• Homophone: Mark

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English mearc, from Germanic *mark- ‘boundary; boundary marker’, from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- ‘boundary, border’. Cognate with Dutch mark, German Mark, Swedish mark; and with Latin margo ‘margin’. Compare march.

[edit] Noun

mark (plural marks)

1. boundary, land in a boundary
   1. (obsolete) A boundary; a border or frontier. [9th-19th c.]
   2. (obsolete) A boundary-post or fence. [13th-18th c.]
   3. A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers. [from 14th c.]
      • 1859, Henry Bull, A history, military and municipal, of the ancient borough of the Devizes:

        I do remember a great thron in Yatton field near Bristow-way, against which Sir William Waller's men made a great fire and killed it. I think the stump remains, and was a mark for travellers.

   4. (archaic) A type of small region or principality. [from 18th c.]
      • 1954, JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers:

        There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the Mark of Rohan.

   5. (historical) A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples. [from 19th c.]
2. characteristic, sign, visible impression
   1. An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something. [from 8th c.]
      • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice:

        depend upon it, you will speedily receive from me a letter of thanks for this as well as for every other mark of your regard during my stay in Hertfordshire.

   2. A characteristic feature. [from 16th c.]

      A good sense of manners is the mark of a true gentleman.

   3. A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional. [from 9th c.]
      • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula:

        Then she put before her face her poor crushed hands, which bore on their whiteness the red mark of the Count's terrible grip [...].

   4. A sign or brand on a person. [from 10th c.]

      The Antichrist will show the mark of the beast.

   5. A written character or sign. [from 10th c.]

      The font wasn't able to render all the diacritical marks properly.

   6. A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc. [from 11th c.]

      With eggs, you need to check for the quality mark before you buy.

   7. (obsolete) Resemblance, likeness, image. [14th-16th c.]
      • ca. 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales:

        Which mankynde is so fair part of thy werk / That thou it madest lyk to thyn owene merk.

   8. A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral). [from 15th c.]

      Presenting...my patented travelator, mark two.

   9. A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such point gained as out of a possible total. [from 19th c.]

      What mark did you get in your history test?

3. indicator of position, objective etc.
   1. (since 13th c.) A target for shooting at with a projectile.
      • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 37:

        To give them an accurate eye and strength of arm, none under twenty-four years of age might shoot at any standing mark, except it was for a rover, and then he was to change his mark at every shot; and no person above that age might shoot at any mark whose distance was less than eleven score yards.

   2. (since 14th c.) An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.

      I filled the bottle up to the 500ml mark.

   3. (since 18th c.) The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game.
   4. (obsolete, 16th - 18th c.) The female genitals.
      • 1596, William Shakespeare, Love's Labours Lost, I.4:

        A mark saies my Lady. Let the mark haue a prick in't, to meate at, if it may be.

   5. (Australian rules football, since 19th c.) A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
   6. (sports, since 19th c.) The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
   7. (since 20th c.) A score for a sporting achievement.
   8. (since 20th c.) A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.

      Now put the pastry in at 450 degrees, or mark 8.

4. attention
   1. (since 15th c.) (archaic) Attention, notice.

      His last comment is particularly worth of mark.

   2. (archaic, since 16th c.) Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier "of mark".)
      • 1909, Richard Burton, Masters of the English Novel:

        in the short story of western flavor he was a pioneer of mark, the founder of a genre: probably no other writer is so significant in his field.

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[edit] Verb

to mark (third-person singular simple present marks, present participle marking, simple past and past participle marked)

1. To indicate in some way for later reference.
2. To take note of.
3. To blemish, scratch, or stain.
4. To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
5. (Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
6. (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English marc, from Germanic *mark- (probably ultimately the same as Etymology 1). Cognate with Dutch mark, German Mark.

[edit] Noun

mark (plural marks)

1. A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.

   • 1997, As a reward for his poetry, Athelstan gave Egil two more gold rings weighing a mark each, along with an expensive cloak that the king himself had worn. — ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 91)

2. (historical) An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver), equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence.
3. Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and 2002, equal to 100 pfennigs.
4. A mark coin.

[edit] Synonyms

(German currency): Deutschmark, Deutsche Mark, German mark

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[edit] See also

• convertible mark
• Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark
• markka
• Reichsmark

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[edit] Faroese

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mark f.

1. (kvæði) forest
2. (in phrases) pasture
3. (Biblical) field

[edit] Declension

f2	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mark	markin	markir	markirnar
Accusative	mark	markina	markir	markirnar
Dative	mark	markini	markum	markunum
Genitive	markar	markarinnar	marka	markanna

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forrest

• skógur, mørk

pasture

• hagi

field

• bøur

[edit] Noun

mark n.

1. sign
2. border, frontier

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n3	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mark	markið	mark	markini
Accusative	mark	markið	mark	markini
Dative	marki	markinum	markum	markunum
Genitive	marks	marksins	marka	markanna

n5	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mark	markið	mørk	mørkini
Accusative	mark	markið	mørk	mørkini
Dative	marki	markinum	mørkum	mørkunum
Genitive	marks	marksins	marka	markanna

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sign

• merki

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[edit] French

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[edit] Noun

mark m. (plural: marks)

1. mark (former currency)

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[edit] Icelandic

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mark n.

1. sign

[edit] See also

• merki

[edit] Derived terms

• hitta marks

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

mark m.

1. worm (animal)

mark f.

1. march

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[edit] Swedish

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mark c.

Inflection for mark	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	mark	marken	marker	markerna
Possessive form	marks	markens	markers	markernas

mark

1. (uncountable) ground (as opposed to the sky or the sea)

   Ha fast mark under fötterna - to be on terra firma (literally "to have firm ground under (one's) feet")

   Tillbaka på klassisk mark - back on classical ground

   På engelsk mark - on English soil

2. (countable and uncountable) ground, field

   Bonden ägde mycket mark - The farmer owned a lot of ground

3. mark (currency)
4. (gambling) counter, marker

[edit] See also

• ta mark
• i skog och mark