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march
1[ mahrch ]
verb (used without object)
- to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
- to walk in a stately, deliberate manner:
The graduates marched to the front of the auditorium to the music of “Pomp and Circumstance.”
- to engage in a procession organized as a demonstration of protest or support (sometimes followed by on ):
During the trade talks, thousands marched in support of farmers and the farming industry.
Municipal workers marched on city hall to protest cuts in garbage collection.
- to move aggressively toward a place in preparation for confrontation or battle (followed by on ):
The angry mob marched on the Bastille.
Time marches on.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to march:
He marched his troops along the Niagara River toward Buffalo.
noun
- the act or course of marching.
- the distance covered in a single period of marching:
The edge of the desert is three days' march away.
The unrestrained march of science and technology may have some alarming social consequences.
- a piece of music with a rhythm suited to accompany marching.
- a procession organized as a demonstration of protest or support:
There were antiwar marches in major cities across the nation.
On July 29 there will be a march for universal healthcare.
March
2[ mahrch ]
noun
- the third month of the year, containing 31 days. : Mar.
march
3[ mahrch ]
March
4[ mahrch mahrkh ]
noun
- Francis Andrew, 1825–1911, U.S. philologist and lexicographer.
- Fredric Frederick McIntyre Bickel, 1897–1975, U.S. actor.
- Pey·ton Con·way [peyt, -n , kon, -wey], 1864–1955, U.S. army officer (son of Francis Andrew March).
- German name of the Morava.
March.
5abbreviation for
- Marchioness.
M.Arch.
6abbreviation for
- Master of Architecture.
March.
1abbreviation for
- Marchioness
MArch
2abbreviation for
- Master of Architecture
March
3/ març /
noun
- the German name for the Morava
March
4/ mɑːtʃ /
noun
- the third month of the year, consisting of 31 days
march
5/ mɑːtʃ /
verb
- intr to walk or proceed with stately or regular steps, usually in a procession or military formation
- tr to make (a person or group) proceed
he marched his army to the town
- tr to traverse or cover by marching
to march a route
noun
- the act or an instance of marching
- a regular stride
a slow march
- a long or exhausting walk
- advance; progression (of time, etc)
- a distance or route covered by marching
- a piece of music, usually in four beats to the bar, having a strongly accented rhythm
- steal a march onto gain an advantage over, esp by a secret or underhand enterprise
march
6/ mɑːtʃ /
noun
- Also calledmarchland a frontier, border, or boundary or the land lying along it, often of disputed ownership
verb
- intr; often foll by upon or with to share a common border (with)
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Derived Forms
- ˈmarcher, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of march1
Origin of march2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of march1
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Origin of march3
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Idioms and Phrases
- on the march, moving ahead; progressing; advancing:
Automation is on the march.
- steal a march on, to gain an advantage over, especially secretly or slyly.
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Example Sentences
I was pregnant, uncomfortably so, for the first time and with twins, due the following March.
Last March they gave Airbus a huge piece of new business, ordering 169 A320s and 65 of the slightly larger A321.
Her focus would be on the three months, January through March 1965, that gave birth to the Voting Rights Act.
The NYPD Emerald Society pipes and drums struck up a slow march and the procession began the journey to the cemetery.
In March, police arrested a group of wealthy businessmen and government officials who were about to dine on illegal tiger meat.
In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
Nothing remarkable occurred in our march through this country.
Genoa has but recently and partially felt the new impulse, yet even here the march of improvement is visible.
Then with your victorious legions you can march south and help drive the Yankee invaders from the land.
While they were doing this, he assembled the officers around him, and the meaning of our night march was explained to us.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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