English noun: marking |
1. | marking (communication) a distinguishing symbol |
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| Samples | The owner's mark was on all the sheep.
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| Synonyms | mark, marker |
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| Broader (hypernym) | symbol |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | assay-mark, authentication, brand, broad arrow, cairn, earmark, hallmark, label, milepost, milestone, peg, pin, pip, postmark, spot, trademark, watermark |
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2. | marking (attribute) a pattern of marks |
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| Broader (hypernym) | design, figure, pattern |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bar, blaze, crisscross, cross, dapple, eyespot, fleck, maculation, mark, ocellus, patch, shading, speckle, spot, streak, stripe |
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3. | marking (act) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score |
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| Samples | What he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do.
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| Synonyms | grading, scoring |
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| Broader (hypernym) | evaluation, rating |
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4. | marking (act) the act of making a visible mark on a surface |
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| Broader (hypernym) | decoration |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | lineation, mottling, striping |
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