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 skier, who has not been identified, was attempting a run called Dropout 2 — among the steepest marked trails in California — which descends from the summit ridge of the 11,000-foot mountain.
From Los Angeles Times
Still, a brutal week marked by a selloff in tech stocks over the previous three days left the S&P 500 and Nasdaq with weekly losses.
From MarketWatch
But Friday marked a win for state prosecutors, who had pushed to hold the New York trial against Mangione before his federal proceedings begin in September.
From BBC
Some assumed this massive book marked the culmination of Art Keller’s odyssey.
Consumer inflation picked up in December, but factory-gate prices remained in contraction, capping another year marked by persistent deflationary pressures and weak domestic demand.
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