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marked
[ mahrkt, mahr-kid ]
adjective
- strikingly noticeable; conspicuous:
with marked success.
Synonyms: , , ,
- watched as an object of suspicion or vengeance:
a marked man.
- having a mark or marks:
beautifully marked birds; to read the marked pages.
- Linguistics. Compare unmarked ( def 2 ).
- (of a phoneme) characterized by the presence of a phonological feature that serves to distinguish it from an otherwise similar phoneme lacking that feature, as (d), which, in contrast to (t), is characterized by the presence of voicing.
- characterized by the presence of a marker indicating the grammatical function of a construction, as the plural in English, which, in contrast to the singular, is typically indicated by the presence of the marker -s.
- specifying an additional element of meaning, in contrast to a semantically related item, as drake in contrast to duck, where drake specifies “male” while duck does not necessarily specify sex.
- occurring less typically than an alternative form, as the word order in Down he fell in contrast to the more usual order of He fell down.
marked
/ ˈmɑːkɪdlɪ; mɑːkt /
adjective
- obvious, evident, or noticeable
- singled out, esp for punishment, killing, etc
a marked man
- linguistics distinguished by a specific feature, as in phonology. For example, of the two phonemes /t/ and /d/, the /d/ is marked because it exhibits the feature of voice
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
- markedly, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ·· [mahr, -kid-lee], adverb
- ··Ա noun
- half-marked adjective
- well-marked adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Janmark’s goal marked the fourth time in five games the Kings have given up a game-tying or go-ahead score in the final 13 minutes of regulation.
The first marked for cuts were aid workers, educators, scientists, researchers, refugee officers and other civil servants who had served across Democratic and Republican administrations.
Going To The Mill is marked on the back as costing £30, but Lowry agreed to sell it for the reduced price of £10.
Ms Kinkead said May marked the beginning of "a certain degree of autonomy for women".
Although the bathrooms are divided by gender — and marked with Basquiat-style dinosaur imagery — on the nights when Simon Says takes over the Spotlight, those designations are ignored, and the toilets become unisex.
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