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   march

   /mɑːtʃ/

   verb

   • 1. walk in a military manner with a regular measured tread: "thousands marched behind the coffin" Similar stridewalktroopsteppacetreadfootslogslogtramphiketrudgeparadefileprocesspromenadeinformal:yomp
   • ▪ walk quickly and with determination: "without a word she marched from the room" Similar stalkstrutstrideflouncestormstompsweepswagger
   • ▪ force (someone) to walk somewhere quickly: "she gripped Rachel's arm and marched her through the door"
   • ▪ walk along public roads in an organized procession as a form of protest: "unemployed workers marched from Jarrow to London"
   • ▪ (of something abstract) proceed or advance inexorably: "time marches on" Similar move forwardadvanceprogressforge aheadmake headwaygo oncontinue onroll ondevelopevolve

   noun

   • 1. an act or instance of marching: "the relieving force was more than a day's march away" Similar hiketrektrampslogfootslogwalkroute marchforced marchinformal:yomp
   • ▪ a piece of music composed to accompany marching or with a rhythm suggestive of marching: "he began to hum a funeral march"
   • ▪ a procession organized as a protest: "a protest march" Similar paradeprocessionpromenadecortègedemonstrationprotestmarch-pastinformal:demomorcha
   • ▪ the steady and inevitable development or progress of something: "the march of history" Similar progressadvanceprogressionpassagecontinuancedevelopmentevolutionheadway

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French marcher ‘to walk’ (earlier ‘to trample’), of uncertain origin.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMARCH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   an event in which a large number of people walk through a public place to express their support for something, or their disagreement with or disapproval of something: She's going on a march on Saturday in protest over the closure of the hospital. PeopleImages/E+/GettyImages. Fewer examples.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › marchMarch Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of MARCH is a border region : frontier; especially : a district originally set up to defend a boundary —usually used in plural. How to use march in a sentence.

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › marchMARCH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   March is the third month of the year. It follows February and is followed by April. It has 31 days. March is notable because it is one of the two times a year when an equinox occurs. Around March 20–21, the vernal equinox marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumnal equinox marks the beginning of fall in the ...

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryMARCH | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   MARCH meaning: 1. an event in which a large number of people walk through a public place to express their support…. Learn more.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishMARCH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A march is the action, by a group of soldiers, of walking somewhere with very regular steps, as a group.

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › marchMarch - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   To march is to walk with deliberate, short steps that fall in a regular rhythm. You can take your time walking into school in the morning, or you can march right up the steps and through the door. SKIP TO CONTENT

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMARCH | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   MARCH definition: 1. an organized walk by a group to show that they disagree with something: 2. the special type of…. Learn more.