Definition of marked
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: having an identifying mark
marked playing cards
3a
: enjoying fame or notoriety
Winning the tournament made her a marked woman.
b
: being an object of attack, suspicion, or vengeance
To his enemies, the rebel leader was a marked man.
4
: overtly signaled by a linguistic feature
with most English nouns the plural is the marked number
marked
Definition of marked (Entry 2 of 2)
past tense of mark entry 2
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The first known use of marked was before the 12th century
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