mark
/mɑːk/ verbDefinition
HAPPEN [T] › If an event marks the beginning, end, etc of something, it causes it, or happens at the same time as it: His death marks the end of an era in television.
CELEBRATE [T] › If you mark an occasion, you do something to celebrate it: They've declared Tuesday a national holiday to mark the 10th anniversary of Independence.
SHOW A PLACE [T] › to show where something is by drawing or putting something somewhere: I've marked my street on the map for you.
GIVE RESULTS [I, T] › to check a piece of work or an exam, showing mistakes and giving a letter or number to say how good it is: to mark essays
DIRTY [T] › to leave an area of dirt on something
(Definition of mark verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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