marked

[ mahrkt, for def. 1 also mahr-kid ]
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adjective
  1. strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.

  2. watched as an object of suspicion or vengeance: a marked man.

  1. having a mark or marks: beautifully marked birds; to read the marked pages.

  2. Linguistics. : Compare unmarked (def. 2).

    • (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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

Origin of marked

1
Middle English; Old English gemearcod; see mark1, -ed2

Other words for marked

Other words from marked

  • mark·ed·ly [mahr-kid-lee], /ˈmɑr kɪd li/, adverb
  • mark·ed·ness, noun
  • half-marked, adjective
  • well-marked, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for marked

marked

/ (mɑːkt) /


adjective
  1. obvious, evident, or noticeable

  2. singled out, esp for punishment, killing, etc: a marked man

  1. 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

Derived forms of marked

  • markedly (ˈmɑːkɪdlɪ), adverb
  • markedness, noun

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