marker

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Verb

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[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)kə(r)

[edit] Noun

marker (plural markers)

1. An object used to mark a location.
2. Someone or something that marks.
3. A felt-tipped pen.
4. (slang) A signed note of a debt to be paid.
5. (slang, figuratively) A nonmonetary debt owed to someone, especially in return for a favor.

   We may not be able to do this alone. Maybe it’s time to call in some of our markers.

6. (paintball) A device that fires a paintball

[edit] Synonyms

• (felt-tipped pen): marker pen

[edit] Derived terms

• biomarker
• discourse marker
• magic marker
• marker bed
• marker gene
• on-time marker

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to marker (third-person singular simple present markers, present participle markering, simple past and past participle markered)

1. To mark or write on (something) using a marker
   • 2002 July 5, Mike Sula, “Everything Must Go”, Chicago Reader:

     On one page someone has markered: "Remember, you are your own best thing."