marking

Plural: markings

Noun

• A distinct pattern or design of marks, spots, or colors.
• a distinguishing symbol
• a pattern of marks
• evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
• the act of making a visible mark on a surface
• The action of marking.
• A mark.
• The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
• A symbol or set of letters used to identify the type or identity of an object.
• Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.

Verb

• attach a tag or label to
• designate as if by a mark
• be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
• mark by some ceremony or observation
• make or leave a mark on
• to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
• notice or perceive
• mark with a scar
• make small marks into the surface of
• establish as the highest level or best performance
• make underscoring marks
• remove from a list
• put a check mark on or near or next to
• assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
• insert punctuation marks into
• present participle and gerund of mark

Examples

• The markings on the plane identified it as belonging to law enforcement.
• The rare MARKING on the old Scrabble tiles suggested they were an antique set.

Synonyms

brand, check, check off, commemorate, cross off, cross out, denounce, differentiate, distinguish, grade, grading, label, mark, mark off, marker, nock, note, notice, pit, pock, punctuate, scar, score, scoring, set, stigmatise, stigmatize, strike off, strike out, tag, tick, tick off

Antonyms

ignore