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mark (off)

verb

Definition of mark (off)next
as in to define
to mark the limits of marked off the outline of the mural first

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  1. define
  2. limit
  3. bound
Verb
  • The slump has sapped the power that has defined his offensive game, with no extra-base hits and just one RBI during that span.
    — Jesús Cano, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Its legacy animates both movements seeking greater inclusion and campaigns promising to restore a national unity defined in racial or cultural terms.
    — Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of define
Verb
  • Striving for perfection at the early stages of building a business can slow down growth, which in turn limits the ability to employ others and help the economy to prosper.
    — Deann Evans, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • That’s partly thanks to US technology controls that limit Chinese companies’ access to advanced AI processors — essential for training increasingly complex AI models.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of limit
Verb
  • The evacuation area was roughly bounded by Promontory Road to the north, Sunset Boulevard to the south, the 405 Freeway to the east and Bundy Drive to the west.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Each of their faces is bounded by the same number of edges, and the same number of faces meet at each vertex.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of bound
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“Mark (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mark%20%28off%29. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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