1. Attach a tag or label to
   "mark these bottles";
   - tag, label
    
2. Designate as if by a mark
   "This sign marks the border"
    
3. Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
   "Kindness marks her character";
   - distinguish, differentiate
    
4. Celebrate by some ceremony or observation
   "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade";
   - commemorate
    
5. Make or leave a mark on
   "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"
    
6. Put a check mark on, near or next to
   "mark off the units";
   - check, check off, mark off, tick off [Brit, Cdn, informal], tick [Brit]
    
7. Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
   "mark homework";
   - grade, score
    
8. Establish as the highest level or best performance
   "mark a record";
   - set
    
9. Detect and remember; perceive with the mind
   "mark my words";
   - notice, note
    
10. Mark with a scar
    "The skin disease marked his face permanently";
    - scar, pock, pit
     
11. Make small marks into the surface of
    "mark the clay before firing it";
    - score
     
12. Make underscoring marks
    "He marked the key points in his notes";
    - score
     
13. Remove from a list
    "They marked the inactive members from the roster";
    - cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off
     
14. Insert punctuation marks into
    "The editor marked the manuscript to improve its readability";
    - punctuate
     
15. Accuse or condemn openly or formally; classify or describe as disgraceful
    "She was marked by society because she had a child out of wedlock";
    - stigmatize, stigmatise [Brit], brand, denounce, denunciate

1. A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
   "she made good marks in algebra";
   - grade, score
    
2. A visible indication made on a surface
   "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks";
   - print
    
3. A distinguishing symbol
   "the owner's mark was on all the sheep";
   - marker, marking
    
4. A written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
   "his answer was just a punctuation mark"
    
5. A reference point to shoot at
   "his arrow hit the mark";
   - target
    
6. A perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
   "he showed marks of strain";
   - sign
    
7. The impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
   "it was in London that he made his mark"; "he left an indelible mark on the American theatre"
    
8. An indication of damage
   "The mark on the wall showed where the picture had been";
   - scratch, scrape, scar
    
9. A marking that consists of lines that cross each other
   "He made a cross on the map to mark the treasure location";
   - crisscross, cross
    
10. Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
    "hit the mark";
    - bell ringer, bull's-eye, home run, bullseye
     
11. A symbol of disgrace or infamy
    "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain";
    - stigma, brand, stain
     
12. [US, informal] A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
    "He felt like a mark after falling for the obvious scam";
    - chump [informal], fool, gull [informal], patsy [N. Amer, informal], sucker [informal], soft touch, mug [Brit, informal]
     
13. Formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
    - German mark, Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark, D-mark

1. The shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament
   - Gospel of Mark, Gospel According to Mark
    
2. Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel
   - Mark the Evangelist, Saint Mark, St. Mark

Sounds like: Marino, mermark, marque

Derived forms: Marks, marks, marked, marking

See also: mark off

Type of: add, alter, Apostle, Apostolic Father, appraise, apprise [Brit, archaic], apprize [archaic], assess, attach, bespeak, betoken [archaic], blemish, book, celebrate, change, characterise [Brit], characterize, clew [archaic], clue, comprehend, deface, defect, disfigure, dupe, effect, enter, establish, evaluate, evaluation, evangel, Evangelist, fish out [informal], German monetary unit, Gospel, Gospels, impression, indicant, indicate, indication, keep, label, lay down, make, mar, marking, measure, modify, notch, observe, perceive, point, point of reference, printed symbol, put down, qualify, rating, record, reference, reference point, saint, scope, signal, success, symbol, take out, valuate [N. Amer], valuation, value, verify, victim, written symbol

Part of: New Testament

Encyclopedia: Mark, Paul