Marker

Quick meaning: Marker is a noun meaning Someone or something that creates marks, particularly.

Meaning

Someone or something that creates marks, particularly.

More Meanings

1. Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
2. (UK) Someone who assigns marks on tests, examinations, etc.; a grader.
3. (uncountable, colloquial) The ink marks or residue of a felt-tipped pen.
4. (figurative) A personal favor owed to someone, whether written or not.
5. (sports) A player on defense used to mark one or more offensive players.
6. (competition law) A formal certification that a company was the first to approach a competition authority to reveal the existence of a cartel, generally entitling it to greater leniency during the cartel's dissolution and punishment.
7. (dated) A player employed by a private club to compete against members.

Example Sentences

Susie got marker all over the walls.

We may not be able to do this alone. Maybe it’s time to call in some of our markers.

So, in his end of term report, what marks would Brown award himself for his time at TfL? "8½," he replies. Why? "I'm a hard marker! […]

Board member Phillip Carlson […] said he considers [the election of] Brading to be a marker for the distance the gay and lesbian community has come.

Word Forms

• markers
• markering
• markered

Synonyms for marker

Depending on context, synonyms include mark, marking.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include marking, mark, crayon, pencil, spot, gauge.

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