marks

Noun

• English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)
• a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
  • "she made good marks in algebra"
• a distinguishing symbol
• a reference point to shoot at
• a visible indication made on a surface
  • "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"
• the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
• a symbol of disgrace or infamy; --Genesis
• formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
• Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel
• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
• a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
• a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
• the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament
• an indication of damage
• a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
• something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
• plural of mark

Verb

• attach a tag or label to
• designate as if by a mark
  • "This sign marks the border"
• 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
• third-person singular simple present indicative of mark

Synonyms

bell ringer, brand, bull's eye, check, check off, chump, commemorate, crisscross, cross, cross off, cross out, denounce, Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark, differentiate, distinguish, fall guy, First Baron Marks of Broughton, fool, German mark, Gospel According to Mark, grade, gull, home run, label, mark, Mark, mark off, marker, marking, mug, nock, note, notice, patsy, pit, pock, print, punctuate, Saint Mark, scar, score, scrape, scratch, set, sign, Simon Marks, soft touch, St. Mark, stain, stigma, stigmatise, stigmatize, strike off, strike out, sucker, tag, target, tick, tick off

Antonyms

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