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march

UK/mɑːtʃ/ US/mɑɹt͡ʃ/ common

verb

1.

march in a procession

  • “They processed into the dining room”
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2.

force to march

  • “The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria”
3.

walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride

  • “He marched into the classroom and announced the exam”
  • “The soldiers marched across the border”
4.

march in protest; take part in a demonstration

  • “Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle”
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5.

walk ostentatiously

  • “She parades her new husband around town”
6.

cause to march or go at a marching pace

  • “They marched the mules into the desert”
7.

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

  • “Canada adjoins the U.S.”
  • “England marches with Scotland”

noun

1.
2.

the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)

  • “it was a long march”
  • “we heard the sound of marching”
Synonyms
3.

a steady advance

  • “the march of science”
  • “the march of time”
4.

a procession of people walking together

  • “the march went up Fifth Avenue”
5.

district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area

  • “the Welsh marches between England and Wales”
6.

genre of music written for marching

  • “Sousa wrote the best marches”

Origin

From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“to mark”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc (“mark, boundary”). Compare mark, from Old English mearcian. Compare typologically Russian сле́довать (slédovatʹ) (akin to след (sled)). Also compare пятно́ (pjatnó) (<~ пята́ (pjatá)).

Phrases

  • an army marches on its stomach
  • dead march
  • death march
  • double march
  • forced march
  • freedom march
  • frog march
  • frog's march
  • funeral march
  • Lord Warden of the Marches
  • march off
  • march on

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See also

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