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Marking

noun

1.

A distinguishing symbol. Synonyms: mark, marker.

2.

A pattern of marks.

3.

Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score. Synonyms: grading, scoring.

4.

The act of making a visible mark on a surface.

Mark

verb

(past & past part. marked; pres. part. marking)

1.

Attach a tag or label to. Synonyms: label, tag.

2.

Designate as if by a mark.

3.

Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense. Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish.

4.

Mark by some ceremony or observation. Synonym: commemorate.

5.

Make or leave a mark on. "Ash marked the believers' foreheads"

6.

To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful. Synonyms: brand, denounce, stigmatise, stigmatize. "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock"

7.

Notice or perceive. Synonyms: note, notice. "Mark my words"

8.

Mark with a scar. Synonyms: pit, pock, scar.

9.

Make small marks into the surface of. Synonyms: nock, score.

10.

Establish as the highest level or best performance. Synonym: set.

11.

Make underscoring marks. Synonym: score.

12.

Remove from a list. Synonyms: cross off, cross out, strike off, strike out.

13.

Put a check mark on or near or next to. Synonyms: check, check off, mark off, tick, tick off. "Tick off the items" , "Mark off the units"

14.

Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation. Synonyms: grade, score. "Score the SAT essays" , "Mark homework"

15.

Insert punctuation marks into. Synonym: punctuate.

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