marked Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb attach a tag or label to
    mark; tag; label.
    • label these bottles
  2. verb designate as if by a mark
    mark.
    • This sign marks the border
  3. verb be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
    distinguish; differentiate; mark.
    • His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
  4. verb mark by some ceremony or observation
    commemorate; mark.
    • The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade
  5. verb make or leave a mark on
    mark.
    • the scouts marked the trail
    • ash marked the believers' foreheads
  6. 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
  7. verb notice or perceive
    note; notice; mark.
    • She noted that someone was following her
    • mark my words
  8. verb mark with a scar
    scar; pit; pock; mark.
    • The skin disease scarred his face permanently
  9. verb make small marks into the surface of
    score; nock; mark.
    • score the clay before firing it
  10. verb establish as the highest level or best performance
    set; mark.
    • set a record
  11. verb make underscoring marks
    score; mark.
  12. verb remove from a list
    strike out; mark; cross out; strike off; cross off.
    • Cross the name of the dead person off the list
  13. 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
  14. verb assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
    grade; score; mark.
    • grade tests
    • score the SAT essays
    • mark homework
  15. verb insert punctuation marks into
    punctuate; mark.
  16. adjective satellite strongly marked; easily noticeable
    pronounced.
    • walked with a marked limp
    • a pronounced flavor of cinnamon
  17. adjective satellite singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate
    • a marked man
  18. adjective having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination
    • played with marked cards
    • a scar-marked face
    • well-marked roads

WordNet

Marked adjective
Definitions
  1. Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence; noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked instance. -- Mark"ed*ly adv. J. S. Mill.

Webster 1913