mark

/mɑːk/ noun

Definition

AREA [C] › an area of dirt, damage, etc that is left on something: You've got a black mark on your nose. He's left dirtymarks all over the carpet.

SCORE [C] › a number or letter that is written on a piece of work, saying how good the work is: She always gets good marks in English.

LEVEL [no plural] › a particular level, degree, distance, etc: They've just passed the 5000m mark. Interest rates are somewhere around the seven percent mark.

a mark of sth › a sign or proof that something exists: a mark of genius There was a minute's silence everywhere as a mark of respect.

→ See also punctuation mark → See also quotation marks

(Definition of mark noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)