Added 7 October 2026
mark
/mɑːk/ noun
In Latin: adsigno Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about mark at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Boundary, land within a boundary. A boundary; a border or frontier. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} A boundary-post or fence. A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers. The line indicating an athlete's starting-point. A type of small region or principality. A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- A boundary; a border or frontier. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- A boundary-post or fence.
verb
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To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
to mark a box or bale of merchandise
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To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
See where this pencil has marked the paper.
- To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
noun
- A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
noun
Origin
From Middle English mark, merk, merke, from Old English mearc (“mark, sign, line of division; standard; boundary, limit, term, border; defined area, district, province”), from Proto-West Germanic *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary, border”). Compare march. Cognates * Dutch mark, merk (“mark, brand”) * German Mark (“mark; borderland”), Marke (“mark, brand”) * Swedish mark (“mark, land, territory”) * Icelandic mark (“mark, sign”) * Latin margō (“edge, margin”) * Persian مرز (marz, “limit, boundary”) * Sanskrit मर्या (maryā, “limit, mark, boundary”), मार्ग (mārga, “mark, section”).
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