march
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markō (“area, region, edge, rim, border”), akin to Persian مرز (marz), from Proto-Indo-European *mereg- (“edge, boundary”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc (“mark, boundary”).
Noun[edit]
march (plural marches)
- A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
- A political rally or parade
- Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
- Steady forward movement or progression.
- the march of time
- (euchre) The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
Synonyms[edit]
- (steady forward movement or progression): process
- (political rally): protest, parade, rally
- (steady forward movement): advancement, progression
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from march (noun)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
formal, rhythmic way of walking
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political rally or parade
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song in the genre of music written for marching
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steady forward movement or progression
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Verb[edit]
march (third-person singular simple present marches, present participle marching, simple past and past participle marched)
- (intransitive) To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
- (transitive) To cause someone to walk somewhere.
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1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, ISBN 0 340 19547 9, page 84:
- The old man heaved himself from the chair, seized Jessamy by her pinafore frill and marched her to the house.
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- To go to war; to make military advances.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from march (verb)
Translations[edit]
walk with long, regular strides
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go to war; make military advances
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English marche (“tract of land along a country's border”), from Old French marche (“boundary, frontier”), from Frankish *marka, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mereg- (“edge, boundary”).
Noun[edit]
march (plural marches)
- (now archaic, historical) A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur, 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.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur, Book V:
- (historical) A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.
- The name for any of various territories with similar meanings or etymologies in their native languages.
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1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, IV:
- Juan's companion was a Romagnole, / But bred within the March of old Ancona […].
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Synonyms[edit]
- (border region): frontier, marchland
- (territory): county palatinate, county palatine
Derived terms[edit]
- 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
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
obsolete: border region
region at a frontier governed by a marquess
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Verb[edit]
march (third-person singular simple present marches, present participle marching, simple past and past participle marched)
- (intransitive) To have common borders or frontiers
Translations[edit]
to have common borders or frontiers
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Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
march (plural marches)
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
smallage — see smallage
Anagrams[edit]
Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *markos (compare Cornish margh, Breton marc’h, Irish marc), from Proto-Indo-European *márkos.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
march m (plural meirch)
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
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| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| march | farch | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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