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- Dictionarymark/mɑːk/
noun
- 1. a small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt: "the blow left a red mark down one side of her face" Similar
- 2. a line, figure, or symbol made as an indication or record of something: "the first syllable has a stress mark" Similar
verb
- 1. make a visible impression or stain on: "he fingered the photograph gently, careful not to mark it" Similar
- 2. write a word or symbol on (an object) in order to give information: "she marked all her possessions with her name" Similar
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In the literal sense of the word “to mark”, the difference is obvious: something is marked with markings (= symbols, added visuals) by the painter (s) (= the person or persons who made the markings). Passive voice: The stone is marked with hieroglyphs by unknown ancient Egyptian carvers. Active voice: Unknown ancient Egyptian carvers marked ...
Jan 7, 2013 · Early mark for coffee today. I heard the inner call at 2.40pm. Searching for the phrase on Twitter Map ("See and visualize twitter users tweets overlayed on a map") only gives three positive results, all from Australia: 120dollarsfood from: Melbourne @iamevilcupcake Early mark. Mel452 from: Sydney, Australia Woot early mark. It's so dead at ...
Nov 28, 2012 · A mark is a visible impression or trace on something (as you found). A marker is a mark with a specific meaning. For example, it can apply to a blob of paint indicating a part has been inspected: the blob is a mark, but its specific meaning turns it into a marker. Your marks have a specific purpose to identify the various objects. Thus they are ...
Jul 16, 2011 · A marque is synonymous to a brand or model.See this excerpt from the Wikipedia entry for brand:. In the automotive industry, brands were originally called marques, and marque is still often used as a synonym for brand in reference to motor vehicles.
Aug 21, 2010 · Define "proper." Language change, including pronunciation change is inevitable. And reference books, no matter how prescriptive, cannot stem the tide of change, which can come from overwhelming use by the masses. Frankly, I've never heard forte (meaning strength) pronounced as anything other than for-tay, and I am fifty two.
May 16, 2011 · Grammatically, I think "wide of the mark" is adverbial, as in "I placed it west of the mark." "Wide" answers the question "where," and the prepositional phrase "of the mark" modifies "wide." With "wide off the mark," I think the prepositional phrase answers the question "where," and "wide" is adjectival, modifying the prepositional phrase.
One is enough to convey your feelings in conventional English but people seem to be taking it symbolically to mark the full intensity of their emotion and playing with it sometimes putting more than three exclamatory marks for a simple wish; However, we do not take care of it when it comes to conversation.
According to Google ngrams, "facade" is far more popular than "façade". So I would just write "facade" unless you want to emphasize the "Frenchness" for stylistic or marketing reasons. Note: "façade" appears in ~1M titles according to google books. @Jim: It's true, there will be lots of cases of bad OCR.
Jan 23, 2021 · Making your mark shows that you've arrived, and you might be around for some time yet. – JHCL. Oct 19, 2015 at 15:50. One definition of "your mark" is your signature. And when dogs pee on a fireplug they're leaving/making their mark. The term "mark" has too many meanings to narrow down "leave your mark" to one origin, especially without a ...
The difference lies in the essence of the definition. When defining a word using 'marked by', it means that the word describes some quality with a certain special characteristic, whereas using 'having' implies that the word principally describes such a special characteristic.
