/mɑːk/
Translation
A number or letter a teacher gives your work to show how good it is.
Word origin
From Old English mearc, which meant a boundary or a sign showing where something ends.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- mearc
- English cognates
- marker, landmark
Grammar
Examples
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A "mark" shows how good a piece of school work is.
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The plural "marks" covers all the results you get.
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A "mark" can also be any small line or sign made on paper.
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(3)Grammar articles
(8)As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Phrasal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
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