What does mark mean?

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[n] a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)(she made good marks in algebra grade A milk what was your score on your homework?)[v] attach a tag or label to(label these bottles)[n] a distinguishing symbol(the owner's mark was on all the sheep)[v] designa

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[n] a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
(she made good marks in algebra grade A milk what was your score on your homework?)

[v] attach a tag or label to
(label these bottles)

[n] a distinguishing symbol
(the owner's mark was on all the sheep)

[v] designate as if by a mark
(This sign marks the border)

[n] a reference point to shoot at
(his arrow hit the mark)

[v] be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
(His modesty distinguishes him from his peers)

[n] a visible indication made on a surface
(some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks paw prints were everywhere)

[v] mark by some ceremony or observation
(The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade)

[n] the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
(it was in London that he made his mark he left an indelible mark on the American theater)

[v] make or leave a mark on
(the scouts marked the trail ash marked the believers' foreheads)

[n] a symbol of disgrace or infamy
(And the Lord set a mark upon Cain)

[v] to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
(He denounced the government action She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock)

[n] formerly the basic unit of money in Germany

[v] notice or perceive
(She noted that someone was following her mark my words)

[n] Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel

[v] mark with a scar
(The skin disease scarred his face permanently)

[n] a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

[v] make small marks into the surface of
(score the clay before firing it)

[n] a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
(his answer was just a punctuation mark)

[v] establish as the highest level or best performance
(set a record)

[n] a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
(he showed signs of strain they welcomed the signs of spring)

[v] make underscoring marks

[n] the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament

[v] remove from a list
(Cross the name of the dead person off the list)

[n] an indication of damage

[v] put a check mark on or near or next to
(Please check each name on the list tick off the items mark off the units)

[n] a marking that consists of lines that cross each other

[v] assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
(grade tests score the SAT essays mark homework)

[n] something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
(the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer scored a bull's eye hit the mark the president's speech was a home run)

[v] insert punctuation marks into

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Dictionary

A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical and stroke for ideographic languages), which may include information on definitions, usage, etymologies, pronunciations, translation, etc. It is a lexicographical reference that shows inter-relationships among the data.

A broad distinction is made between general and specialized dictionaries. Specialized dictionaries include words in specialist fields, rather than a complete range of words in the language. Lexical items that describe concepts in specific fields are usually called terms instead of words, although there is no consensus whether lexicology and terminology are two different fields of study. In theory, general dictionaries are supposed[citation needed] to be semasiological, mapping word to definition, while specialized dictionaries are supposed to be onomasiological, first identifying concepts and then establishing the terms used to designate them. In practice, the two approaches are used for both types. There are other types of dictionaries that do not fit neatly into the above distinction, for instance bilingual (translation) dictionaries, dictionaries of synonyms (thesauri), and rhyming dictionaries. The word dictionary (unqualified) is usually understood to refer to a general purpose monolingual dictionary.

There is also a contrast between prescriptive or descriptive dictionaries; the former reflect what is seen as correct use of the language while the latter reflect recorded actual use. Stylistic indications (e.g. "informal" or "vulgar") in many modern dictionaries are also considered by some to be less than objectively descriptive.

The first recorded dictionaries date back to Sumerian times around 2300 BCE, in the form of bilingual dictionaries, and the oldest surviving monolingual dictionaries are Chinese dictionaries c. 3rd century BCE. The first purely English alphabetical dictionary was A Table Alphabeticall, written in 1604, and monolingual dictionaries in other languages also began appearing in Europe at around this time. The systematic study of dictionaries as objects of scientific interest arose as a 20th-century enterprise, called lexicography, and largely initiated by Ladislav Zgusta. The birth of the new discipline was not without controversy, with the practical dictionary-makers being sometimes accused by others of having an "astonishing" lack of method and critical-self reflection.