- present participle of mark.
noun
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a mark or series of marks
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the arrangement of colours on an animal, plant, etc
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assessment and correction of school children's or students' written work by teaching staff
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of marking
Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at mark 1, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index for the U.S. fell by 0.1% in August to 99.5, marking its first monthly decline since March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
In a decade, the DSA has gone from roughly 6,000 members to 120,000, marking some of its biggest gains in the past year or so.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
This week, the paper reached a milestone, marking a century covering L.A.’s increasingly diverse Latino community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The US company announced last January that Darlington would be its test centre in the UK, marking the first time Prime Air had operated outside the USA.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
It was queer this feeling of marking time, like sitting in a waiting room at a dentist’s.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
"This is pretty deep here," she says, reading the markings on the probe.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
That means replacing turf, putting down new field markings, taking down the goal posts, cleaning the entire place and the like.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Forty-two half-round markings lining the circular edge "represent each kilometre of the course", organisers explained.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Marine Corps markings being transported from the base’s former airport on flatbed trucks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
French officials made sure that French markings on the cannon were removed in case the British captured them in battle.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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