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
This could fall to as low as 18% from its current level of 21% but a marked drop from its peak of 30% in 2020. Iain Martin, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 America's employers added just 12,000 jobs in October — a marked slowdown that economists attribute largely to disruptions from strikes and recent hurricanes. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024 Compared to data from 2020 at the same point — five days before Election Day — 2024 is experiencing a slight uptick in in-person early voting but a marked drop in absentee ballots counted. Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024 Insee said that the sharp drop in inflation reflects a marked fall in energy prices, particularly those of petroleum products, as well as the seasonal effect of the fall in transport costs and the return to normal of certain tariffs in the wake of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Sam Meredith, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024 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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Cite this Entry

“Marked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marked. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.

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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