marking Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a distinguishing symbol
    marker; mark.
    • the owner's mark was on all the sheep
  2. noun a pattern of marks
  3. noun evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
    scoring; grading.
    • what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do
  4. noun the act of making a visible mark on a surface
  5. verb attach a tag or label to
    mark; tag; label.
    • label these bottles
  6. verb designate as if by a mark
    mark.
    • This sign marks the border
  7. verb be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
    distinguish; differentiate; mark.
    • His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
  8. verb mark by some ceremony or observation
    commemorate; mark.
    • The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade
  9. verb make or leave a mark on
    mark.
    • the scouts marked the trail
    • ash marked the believers' foreheads
  10. verb to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
    stigmatise; brand; stigmatize; denounce; mark.
    • He denounced the government action
    • She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock
  11. verb notice or perceive
    note; notice; mark.
    • She noted that someone was following her
    • mark my words
  12. verb mark with a scar
    scar; pit; pock; mark.
    • The skin disease scarred his face permanently
  13. verb make small marks into the surface of
    score; nock; mark.
    • score the clay before firing it
  14. verb establish as the highest level or best performance
    set; mark.
    • set a record
  15. verb make underscoring marks
    score; mark.
  16. verb remove from a list
    strike out; mark; cross out; strike off; cross off.
    • Cross the name of the dead person off the list
  17. verb put a check mark on or near or next to
    mark off; check off; mark; tick off; tick; check.
    • Please check each name on the list
    • tick off the items
    • mark off the units
  18. verb assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
    grade; score; mark.
    • grade tests
    • score the SAT essays
    • mark homework
  19. verb insert punctuation marks into
    punctuate; mark.

WordNet

Mark"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or marks made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as, the marking of a bird's plumage.

Webster 1913