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 →

2) A mark is a score or point for school work: she got full marks. tree →

3) To mark is to put a sign on something, or to check and score work. tree →

4) To mark a day is to celebrate or remember it. tree →

5) In games, to mark a player is to stay close to stop them. tree →

6) To mark someone well means to listen to them and pay close attention. tree →

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 →
• Each right answer is worth 2 marks. tree →
• Mark the number 15 on the line. tree →
• How many marks did he lose? tree →
• There is a muddy mark on the carpet. tree →
• The teacher marked our tests over the weekend. tree →
• On your marks, get set, go! tree →
• Put a question mark at the end of a question. tree →
• We planted a tree to mark the school's birthday. tree →

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.
• Explaining away someone's good marks as "copying" is usually jealousy dressed as news.
• Sam got full marks on bot homework and then failed the test.
• Squash a blueberry on your T-shirt and the purple mark refuses to wash out.
• We write what you hear in pinyin, with little tone marks showing whether the voice stays high, rises, dips or falls.

Trees and pragmatics

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