marking

[ US /ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /mˈɑːkɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a distinguishing symbol
    the owner's mark was on all the sheep
  2. the act of making a visible mark on a surface
  3. evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
    what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do
  4. a pattern of marks
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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.
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