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# mark

«mark» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small sign, spot or line on something: a pen mark, a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (mark, marks); verb (mark, marks, marked, marking); name (Mark)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A mark is a small sign, spot or line on something: a pen mark, a dirty mark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/#m1)

2) A mark is a score or point for school work: she got full marks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/#m2)

3) To mark is to put a sign on something, or to check and score work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/#m3)

4) To mark a day is to celebrate or remember it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/#m4)

5) In games, to mark a player is to stay close to stop them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/#m5)

6) To mark someone well means to listen to them and pay close attention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In maths marks as scores add up; «out of 20» gives the total possible, so marks lost = total minus marks got. A mark is also a sign on a ruler or number line. In everyday life: «On your marks, get set, go!», a question mark, an exclamation mark, a bookmark. Teachers mark homework.

### examples

- She got 18 marks out of 20. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/#x1)
- Each right answer is worth 2 marks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/#x2)
- Mark the number 15 on the line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/#x3)
- How many marks did he lose? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/#x4)
- There is a muddy mark on the carpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/#x5)
- The teacher marked our tests over the weekend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/#x6)
- On your marks, get set, go! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/#x7)
- Put a question mark at the end of a question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/#x8)
- We planted a tree to mark the school's birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/#x9)

### note

Countable. «Marks» (UK, Australia, Ireland) are often «grades» or «points» in the USA. «Mark» with a capital M is a boy's name. A «mark» was also old German money. Maths: total possible minus marks got = marks lost; «full marks» means all of them.

### In the corpora

- [Families visit graves, send cards, mark the anniversary, hold memorial services and even put up benches with little plaques.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/5/)
- [Explaining away someone's good marks as "copying" is usually jealousy dressed as news.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/49-how-to-handle-gossip/10/)
- [Sam got full marks on bot homework and then failed the test.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/4/)
- [Squash a blueberry on your T-shirt and the purple mark refuses to wash out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/27-dyes-inks-colouring/0/)
- [We write what you hear in pinyin, with little tone marks showing whether the voice stays high, rises, dips or falls.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/1-hello-and-goodbye-at-the-gate/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mark» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mark/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.