1. A distinguishing symbol
   "the owner's marking was on all the sheep";
   - marker, mark
    
2. A pattern of marks
   "The leopard's distinctive markings help it blend into its surroundings"
    
3. The act of making a visible mark on a surface
   "The surveyor's marking of the property lines was crucial for the construction project"
    
4. Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
   "what he disliked about teaching was all the marking he had to do";
   - grading, scoring

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

Derived forms: markings

See also: mark off

Type of: add, alter, appraise, apprise [Brit, archaic], apprize [archaic], assess, attach, bespeak, betoken [archaic], blemish, celebrate, change, characterise [Brit], characterize, comprehend, decoration, deface, design, disfigure, enter, establish, evaluate, evaluation, figure, fish out [informal], indicate, keep, label, lay down, make, measure, modify, notch, observe, pattern, perceive, point, put down, qualify, rating, record, scope, signal, symbol, take out, valuate [N. Amer], value, verify

Encyclopedia: Marking, Henry