march

«march» in Mova's school dictionary: the third month of the year, with 31 days, between… — 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 (March, the month); verb (march, marches, marched, marching); noun (a march, marches)

meaning for a pupil

1) March is the third month of the year, with 31 days, between February and April. tree →

2) To march is to walk in step with others, like soldiers or a band. tree →

3) To march is to walk fast and firmly because you are cross or sure: she marched out. tree →

4) A march is a walk by many people to show what they think, or a piece of music for marching. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths March has 31 days, so a daily amount in March is × 31; rows of marchers mean multiply. In science, March brings spring in the north (the USA, the UK, Canada, Ireland) but autumn in Australia and New Zealand. In everyday life: marching bands at parades, St Patrick's Day parades in March.

examples

• She saved 2 dollars every day in March. tree →
• March has 31 days. tree →
• The band marched in 6 rows of 8. tree →
• How many in the band? tree →
• Spring starts in March in Canada. tree →
• In Australia, March is in autumn. tree →
• The soldiers marched past the castle. tree →
• She marched into the room and shut the door. tree →
• The school band played a march at the parade. tree →
• A great army was marching into Swit-zer-land. tree →

note

The month always takes a capital letter (March); the verb does not (march). Plural of the noun: «marches». Saying: «March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb». Maths: March has 31 days. Trap: as a month March has 31 days, not 30.

In the corpora

• Scene: in Sydney in March 2024, Mum puts her phone down quietly.
• In March 2024 photo agencies withdrew a Mother's Day family photo because it had been edited, and the Princess apologised.
• In March a garden pond can fill with clumps of jelly dotted with black eggs: common frog spawn.
• In spring a mallard mother marches a wobbly line of ducklings across the path while a swan hisses at anyone near its nest.
• Alice reaches the March Hare's house and finds a tea-table under a tree.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «march» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.