Marked

/mɑːkt/ · adjective

Meaning

Having a visible or identifying mark..

Definitions by Sense

1. Having a visible or identifying mark.
2. Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.
3. (linguistics, of a word, form, or phoneme) Distinguished by a positive feature.
4. Singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.
5. In police livery, as opposed to unmarked. (of a police vehicle)
6. simple past and past participle of mark

Example Sentences

The eighth century BC saw a marked increase in the general wealth of Cyprus.

In ancient times, the Romans imported truffles, credited with marked aphrodisiac virtue, from Libya as well as Greece.

The drop in merchandise and mineral receipts again reflects the fall in steel output, most marked in the North-East; […].

There has been a marked shift in viewing habits since the channels’ heyday, with music videos now more commonly consumed on YouTube and social media rather than television.

"Young" is the marked element of the old/young pair, since the usual way of asking someone's age is "How old are you?".

It is frequently the case that of two units in contrast (and for simplicity we may restrict ourselves to two-term contrasts) one will be positive, or marked, the other being neutral, or unmarked. […] The plural is positively marked by the final s, whereas the singular is unmarked.

A marked man.

My secret terror for the last six months has been leaving them on the Moon and returning to Earth alone; now I am within minutes of finding out the truth of the matter. If they fail to rise from the surface, or crash back into it, I am not going to commit suicide; I am coming home, forthwith, but I will be a marked man for life and I know it.

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Word Forms

• more marked
• most marked
• markèd

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