Mark
- Proper noun. (given name, male) .
- Proper noun. (biblical character) Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, first patriarch of Alexandria and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.
- Proper noun. (biblical) The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.
- Noun. boundary, land in a boundary.
- Noun. characteristic, sign, visible impression.
- Noun. indicator of position, objective etc.
- Noun. attention.
- Verb. To indicate in some way for later reference.
- Verb. To take note of.
- Verb. To blemish, scratch, or stain.
- Verb. To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
- Verb. (context, Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- Verb. (sport) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- Verb. (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- Noun. A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
- Noun. (historical) An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one '''mark''' weight of silver), equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence.
- Noun. Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and 2002, equal to 100 pfennigs.
- Noun. A '''mark''' coin.
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