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US
/ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/
]
[ UK /mˈɑːkɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /mˈɑːkɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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a distinguishing symbol
the owner's mark was on all the sheep - the act of making a visible mark on a surface
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evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do - a pattern of marks
How To Use marking In A Sentence
- The markings are so blurred that it is difficult to identify.
- Its markings were unmistakeable, as were the large, soulless, jet black eyes.
- There is even an evolving language of street markings that uses chalked symbols to alert passers-by to a WiFi network nearby.
- Morris Goldsworth came out of the central room accompanied by a well-suited, ponderous young man in his twenties, marking his catalogue. WHISTLER IN THE DARK
- The blue plaque marking the spot is incorrect in stating that its dome housed the largest telescope in the world.
- For example, one of IBM's patents is on the idea of marking text in a word-processor in different colors for correcting.
- Communal feasting is central to marking birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, achievements, significant purchases, and major public holidays.
- This spring-flowering species has elegant slender stems, suspended from which are pendulous bell-shaped flowers, very green in bud, opening to cream, crisscrossed with green and maroon netted markings.
- The area around the building has long been used as a burial ground for unbaptised children, and the small headstones marking these sad graves can be seen.
- Once facility executives understand actual energy consumption, they can begin benchmarking their buildings against their competitors and even their own real estate.