Marked
[mɑːkt] or [mɑrkt]
Definition
(adj.) singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate; 'a marked man' .
(adj.) strongly marked; easily noticeable; 'walked with a marked limp'; 'a pronounced flavor of cinnamon' .
(adj.) having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination; 'played with marked cards'; 'a scar-marked face'; 'well-marked roads' .
Typist: Nola--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Mark
(a.) Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence; noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked instance.
Typist: Mag
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Notable, remarkable, noted, prominent, conspicuous, eminent, distinguished.
Edited by Albert
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Notable, remarkable, noticeable, conspicuous
ANT:[See REMARKABLE]
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Examples
- I had never before seen Mr. Bruff pay her such devoted attention, and look at her with such marked respect. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The lady was young, engaging, and handsome, but not marked for long life. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I beg you will not do anything of the kind, Tertius, said Rosamond, looking at him with something more marked than usual in her speech. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This is a marked day in your life, and in mine, he said, gravely. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Inside it there revolves another cylinder, made also of thin sheet iron, and divided into four compartments, marked _d_, _d_, _d_, _d_. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- But no one knows so well as the Secretary, who opens and reads the letters, what a set is made at the man marked by a stroke of notoriety. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He became cheerful, as he thought of this, and soberly and resolutely marked out the line of conduct he would adopt. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- These various signs and tokens, marked by the little woman, are not lost upon her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He said so repeatedly; other things he said too, which marked the turn of his feelings and gave the lie to his actions. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- He did not believe in spontaneous alterations, but found that every marked change in the quality of beer coincides with the development of micro-organism s. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They were all marked and docketed, and tied with red tape. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It'll come on, in the settens after Term: fourteenth of Febooary, we expect; we've marked it a special jury cause, and it's only ten down the paper. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The ground was confusedly marked in this way just before the boat-house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A ring or watch case marked 14K or 18K means that fourteen or eighteen parts of it are pure gold, the balance of the twenty-four carats being some sort of alloy, copper being generally used. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The fraction drum of the indicator could be driven in either direction, known as the advance and retrograde movements, and was divided and marked in eighths. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Morning broke; and the old woman saw the corpse, marked with the fatal disease, close to her; her wrist was livid with the hold loosened by death. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I have met with striking instances of the rule in the case of varieties intermediate between well-marked varieties in the genus Balanus. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Then, amid cheers of encouragement from the immense throng that was watching, he turned sharply past the starting-tower and flew between the flags that marked the starting-line. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Laying a marked emphasis on most unfortunate as if the words were rather descriptive of his connexion with Mr. Vholes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Far be it from me, he presently continued, in a voice that marked his displeasure, to resent the behaviour of your daughter. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The lady's habits were marked by an Oriental indolence and disorder peculiarly trying to her companion. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- This war was more marked in England than elsewhere, because there more of the new machines were first introduced, and the number of labourers in those fields was the greatest. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Lily's colour rose: it was growing clear to her that Bertha was pursuing an object, following a line she had marked out for herself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Edison, a half-brother of Edison's father, and a man of marked inventive ability. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This strongly marked way of doing business made a strongly marked impression on me, and that not of an agreeable kind. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The invention of the phonograph by Edison in 1878 marked a new era in the popularity and dissemination of music. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Ten steps with each foot took me along parallel with the wall of the house, and again I marked my spot with a peg. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You should have seen him smile, reader; and you should have marked the difference between his countenance now, and that he wore half an hour ago. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The shoes next go to the packing department, where they are taken off the lasts, inspected, marked, tied together in pairs, sorted and packed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The line between the Rebel and Union element in Georgetown was so marked that it led to divisions even in the churches. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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