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marking

mar·king

UK/ˈmɑːkɪŋ/ US/ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/ fairly common

noun

1.

a distinguishing symbol

  • “the owner”
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2.

a pattern of marks

3.

evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score

  • “what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do”
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4.

the act of making a visible mark on a surface

Origin

From Middle English marking, merking, merkunge, from Old English mearcung, from Proto-West Germanic *markungu, equivalent to mark + -ing.

Phrases

  • direct-inverse marking
  • exceptional case-marking
  • marking blue
  • marking error
  • marking fire
  • marking gage
  • marking gauge
  • marking knife

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