marked

See also: markèd

English

Etymology 1

From mark (“sign, characteristic, visible impression”) +‎ -ed.

Less common disyllabic pronunciation (/ˈmɑː.kɪd/) is likely an analogy derived from markedness (explaining its restriction to sense 2).

Alternative forms

• markèd

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɑːkt/
• (Received Pronunciation, poetry, sometimes for sense 2) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.kɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɑɹkt/

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• (General American, poetry, sometimes for sense 2) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.kɪd/, -əd

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Adjective

marked (comparative more marked, superlative most marked)

1. Having a visible or identifying mark.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marked

   1. (of a playing card) Having a secret mark on the back for cheating.
3. Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.

   Synonyms: manifest, noticeable, obtrusive, palpable, patent, noted

   The eighth century BC saw a marked increase in the general wealth of Cyprus.

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 137:

     In ancient times, the Romans imported truffles, credited with marked aphrodisiac virtue, from Libya as well as Greece.

   • 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Little passenger traffic and less freight”, in Modern Railways, pages 220–221:

     The drop in merchandise and mineral receipts again reflects the fall in steel output, most marked in the North-East; […] .

   • 2026 January 1, Max Pilley, “MTV shuts down final music-only channels with ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’”, in NME‎^[1]:

     There has been a marked shift in viewing habits since the channels’ heyday, with music videos now more commonly consumed on YouTube and social media rather than television.

4. (linguistics, of a word, form, or phoneme) Distinguished by a positive feature.

   Synonyms: singled out, targeted, positive

   Antonym: unmarked

   "Young" is the marked element of the old/young pair, since the usual way of asking someone's age is "How old are you?".

   • 1968, John Lyons, Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 79:

     It is frequently the case that of two units in contrast (and for simplicity we may restrict ourselves to two-term contrasts) one will be positive, or marked, the other being neutral, or unmarked. […] The plural is positively marked by the final s, whereas the singular is unmarked.

5. Singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.

   A marked man.

   • 1974, Michael Collins, Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys‎^[2], New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, pages 411–412:

     My secret terror for the last six months has been leaving them on the Moon and returning to Earth alone; now I am within minutes of finding out the truth of the matter. If they fail to rise from the surface, or crash back into it, I am not going to commit suicide; I am coming home, forthwith, but I will be a marked man for life and I know it.

6. In police livery, as opposed to unmarked. (of a police vehicle)

Usage notes

• This adjectival sense of this word is sometimes written markèd, with a grave accent. This is meant to indicate that the second e is pronounced as /ɪ/, rather than being silent, as in the verb form. This usage is largely restricted to poetry and other works in which it is important that the adjective's disyllabicity be made explicit (see also above).

Antonyms

• unmarked

Hyponyms

• question-marked
• pockmarked
• Spock-marked

Derived terms

• fork-marked lemur
• handmarked
• markedly
• markedness
• marked-up
• nonmarked
• premarked
• radiomarked
• thumbmarked

Translations

having a visible or identifying mark

• Hungarian: jellel/jelzéssel ellátott, megjelölt (hu)
• Spanish: marcado (es)

of a playing card: having a secret mark on the back for cheating

• Hungarian: cinkelt

significant; notable

• Bulgarian: забележим (bg) (zabeležim), значителен (bg) (značitelen)
• Catalan: marcat (ca)
• Finnish: merkittävä (fi), huomattava (fi)
• Galician: marcado m
• Hungarian: határozott (hu), kifejezett (hu), lényeges (hu), jelentős (hu), feltűnő (hu), észrevehető (hu), szembeszökő (hu), markáns (hu), szembetűnő (hu)
• Swedish: påfallande (sv), uppenbar (sv), påtaglig (sv)

distinguished by a positive feature

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有標記 / 有标记 (yǒubiāojì)

• Esperanto: distingiĝa
• Finnish: tunnusmerkillinen
• German: markiert (de)
• Hungarian: jelölt (hu)

singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance

• Hungarian: megbélyegzett (hu)

Etymology 2

From mark (verb senses) +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɑːkt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɑɹkt/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kt

Verb

marked

1. simple past and past participle of mark

Anagrams

• demark

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse markaðr, marknaðr (“market”), from northern Old French market, from Old French marchiet, from Latin mercātus (“market”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål marked, Swedish marknad, Faroese marknaður, Icelandic markaður.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /markəd/, [ˈmɑːɡ̊ð̩]

Noun

marked n (singular definite markedet, plural indefinite markeder)

1. market
2. fair
3. emporium

Declension

Declension of marked

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	marked	markedet	markeder	markederne
genitive	markeds	markedets	markeders	markedernes

Further reading

• “marked” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “marked” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Middle English

Noun

marked

1. (Northern) alternative form of market

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin mercatus, via Old French market and Old Norse markaðr and marknaðr.

Noun

marked n (definite singular markedet, indefinite plural marked or markeder, definite plural markeda or markedene)

1. a market

Derived terms

• aksjemarked
• gatemarked
• loppemarked
• markedsanalyse
• markedsandel
• markedsføre
• markedsplass
• supermarked

See also

• marknad (Nynorsk)

References

• “marked” in The Bokmål Dictionary.