marked

[mahrkt, mahr-kid]

adjective

1. strikingly noticeable; conspicuous.

   with marked success.

   Synonyms: prominent, obvious, outstanding, striking

2. watched as an object of suspicion or vengeance.

   a marked man.

3. having a mark or marks.

   beautifully marked birds; to read the marked pages.

4. Linguistics.

   1. (of a phoneme) characterized by the presence of a phonological feature that serves to distinguish it from an otherwise similar phoneme lacking that feature, as (d), which, in contrast to (t), is characterized by the presence of voicing.

   2. characterized by the presence of a marker indicating the grammatical function of a construction, as the plural in English, which, in contrast to the singular, is typically indicated by the presence of the marker -s.

   3. specifying an additional element of meaning, in contrast to a semantically related item, as drake in contrast to duck, where drake specifies “male” while duck does not necessarily specify sex.

   4. occurring less typically than an alternative form, as the word order in Down he fell in contrast to the more usual order of He fell down.

marked

/ ˈmɑːkɪdlɪ, mɑːkt /

adjective

1. obvious, evident, or noticeable

2. singled out, esp for punishment, killing, etc

   a marked man

3. linguistics distinguished by a specific feature, as in phonology. For example, of the two phonemes /t/ and /d/, the /d/ is marked because it exhibits the feature of voice

Other Word Forms

• markedly adverb
• markedness noun
• half-marked adjective
• well-marked adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of marked¹

Middle English; Old English gemearcod; mark ¹, -ed ²

Example Sentences

The Editorial Board speaks for free markets and free people, the principles, if you will, marked in the watershed year of 1776 by Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence and Adam Smith's “Wealth of Nations.”

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According to analysis by the Competition and Markets Authority, tickets currently sold on the resale market are typically marked up by more than 50%.

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Thomas Jefferson disdained the “artificial aristocracy” that marked governments before our own.

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Inflation, he wrote, is “a choice,” and the Fed’s recent record has been marked by “unwise choices” under Powell.

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The result marked the fifth time this season that the Bears have come back to win in the fourth quarter.

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Related Words

• considerable 
• conspicuous 
• decided 
• distinct 
• notable 
• noticeable 
• pronounced 
• remarkable 
• striking