/maɾˈkaɾ/
#2418 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to mark; to dial; to score
Word origin
From Italian marcare or a related Germanic source meaning 'to mark out a boundary', from the same root as marca ('mark, brand'). The English 'mark' shares this Germanic origin.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Root
- mark
- English cognates
- mark, marque
Grammar
Verb type-ar regular (spelling change c to qu before e)
Examples
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Mark the correct answer with a cross.
Marqué .
I dialled the number but nobody answered.
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Our team scored two goals in the second half.
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The clock reads three o'clock exactly.
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Do you want to mark the page where we are reading?
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