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marker | marked |

As a verb marker

is .

As an adjective marked is

.

marker

English

(wikipedia marker)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An object used to mark a location.
  • Someone or something that marks.
  • # One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards.
  • # A counter used in card games and other games.
  • # The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment.
  • # An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric by creasing it.
  • * 2013 , Phil McNulty, " Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport , 22 September 2013:
    • Pellegrini insisted this was a game City had to win - this they did and with the sort of performance that put down a marker for how the Chilean wants his team to play.
  • A felt-tipped pen.
  • (slang) A signed note of a debt to be paid.
  • (slang, figuratively) A nonmonetary debt owed to someone, especially in return for a favor.
    • We may not be able to do this alone. Maybe it’s time to call in some of our markers .
  • (paintball) A device that fires a paintball
  • (sports) A defending player who stays close to an opponent in order to mark them.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 21 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=He skipped past Marc Wilson before clipping a delicious cross into the Stoke danger zone, where Cisse's sharp movement allowed him to escape marker Robert Huth and send a far-post header crashing against the crossbar. And Cabaye was waiting to pounce on the rebound with a close range header.}}
  • A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.
  • (In competition law) A recognition given by a competition authority that a company is the first to approach it to reveal the existence of a cartel, as a prelude to a formal application for leniency for the company.

    • Synonyms

    * (felt-tipped pen) marker pen

    Derived terms

    * biomarker * discourse marker * magic marker * man marker / man-marker * marker bed * marker gene * on-time marker * permanent marker * whiteboard marker

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mark or write on (something) using a
  • * {{quote-news, year=2002, date=July 5, author=Mike Sula, title=Everything Must Go, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=On one page someone has markered : "Remember, you are your own best thing." }}

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    marked

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (mark) (noun)

    Alternative forms

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a visible or identifying mark.
  • # Of a playing card: having a secret mark on the back for cheating.
  • Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.
    • The eighth century BC saw a marked increase in the general wealth of Cyprus.
  • (linguistics) Of a word, form, or phoneme: distinguished by a positive feature.
    • e.g. in author'' and ''authoress , the latter is marked for its gender by a suffix.
  • singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.
    • A marked man.
    Usage notes
    * This adjectival sense of this word is sometimes written , rather than being silent, as in the verb form. This usage is largely restricted to poetry and other works in which it is important that the adjective’s disyllabicity be made explicit.

    Etymology 2

    See (mark) (verb)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mark)

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