Definition of Marking

Noun: marking maa(r)-king

A distinguishing symbol
"the owner's marking was on all the sheep";
- marker, mark
A pattern of marks
Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
"what he disliked about teaching was all the marking he had to do";
- grading, scoring
The act of making a visible mark on a surface

Verb: mark maa(r)k

Attach a tag or label to
"mark these bottles";
- tag, label
Designate as if by a mark
"This sign marks the border"
Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
"His modesty marks him from his peers";
- distinguish, differentiate
Mark by some ceremony or observation
"The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade";
- commemorate
Make or leave a mark on
"the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"
Accuse or condemn openly or formally; classify or describe as disgraceful
"She was marked by society because she had a child out of wedlock";
- stigmatize, stigmatise [Brit], brand, denounce
Detect and remember; perceive with the mind
"mark my words";
- notice, note
Mark with a scar
"The skin disease marked his face permanently";
- scar, pock, pit
Make small marks into the surface of
"mark the clay before firing it";
- score, nock
Establish as the highest level or best performance
"mark a record";
- set
Make underscoring marks
- score
Remove from a list
- cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off
Put a check mark on, near or next to
"mark off the units";
- check, check off, mark off, tick off [Brit, Cdn], tick [Brit]
Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
"mark homework";
- grade, score
Insert punctuation marks into
- punctuate