marked

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adjective

1
: having an identifying mark
marked playing cards
2
or
ˈmär-kəd How to pronounce marked (audio)
: having a distinctive or emphasized character
has a marked drawl
3
a
: 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
markedly adverb
markedness noun

marked

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past tense of mark entry 2

Examples of marked in a Sentence

Adjective He speaks with a marked accent. There was a marked change in her attitude. There's been a marked improvement in the weather.
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Adjective
And while the Marine Corps at the time worked to remove and relocate the marked graves, experts speculate there were plenty of unmarked burial plots in the area. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 5 July 2025 And then, unfortunately, there was a marked rise in alcohol use with the pandemic, which has not stopped. Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025 Sindi was humanely euthanized after zoo staff noticed a marked decline in her health this week. Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025 Cherry was on duty in a marked Macon County Sheriff's vehicle when the crash occurred, according to prosecutors. Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for marked

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of marked was before the 12th century

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“Marked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marked. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

marked

adjective
1
: having an identifying mark
a marked card
2
: noticeable, conspicuous
speaks with a marked accent
3
a
: being a person on whom attention is focused
b
: being an object of attack or suspicion
a marked man
markedly adverb

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