marked
Americanadjective
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strikingly noticeable; conspicuous.
with marked success.
- Synonyms:
- prominent, obvious, outstanding, striking
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watched as an object of suspicion or vengeance.
a marked man.
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having a mark or marks.
beautifully marked birds; to read the marked pages.
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Linguistics.
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(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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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adjective
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obvious, evident, or noticeable
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singled out, esp for punishment, killing, etc
a marked man
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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
- half-marked adjective
- markedly adverb
- markedness noun
- well-marked adjective
Etymology
Origin of marked
Example Sentences
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The U.S. economy has been marked this year by the paradox of a rising stock market but a slowing labor market.
That was better than expected, and marked the strongest growth in two years.
From BBC
But that marked the peak of Tagovailoa’s career—and the decline has been precipitous.
In another game, the penalty spots were mistakenly marked 16 yards from goal instead of the regulation 12 — and nobody noticed.
From Los Angeles Times
Spring and summer were also marked by low rainfall.
From BBC
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