Unscramble markings

Definition of marking

noun:

• a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep". Synonyms: mark, marker.
• a pattern of marks.
• evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do". Synonyms: grading, scoring.
• the act of making a visible mark on a surface.

verb:

• attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles". Synonyms: label, mark, tag.
• designate as if by a mark; "This sign marks the border". Synonyms: mark.
• be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers". Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, mark.
• mark by some ceremony or observation; "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade". Synonyms: commemorate, mark.
• make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail", "ash marked the believers' foreheads". Synonyms: mark.
• to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action", "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock". Synonyms: brand, denounce, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize.
• notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her", "mark my words". Synonyms: mark, note, notice. Antonyms: ignore.
• mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently". Synonyms: mark, pit, pock, scar.
• make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it". Synonyms: mark, nock, score.
• establish as the highest level or best performance; "set a record". Synonyms: mark, set.
• make underscoring marks. Synonyms: mark, score.
• remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list". Synonyms: cross off, cross out, mark, strike off, strike out.
• put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list", "tick off the items", "mark off the units". Synonyms: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick, tick off.
• assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests", "score the SAT essays", "mark homework". Synonyms: grade, mark, score.
• insert punctuation marks into. Synonyms: mark, punctuate.

Related words

asterisk, authentication, badge, bar, bespot, blaze, brand, brandmark, buoy, cairn, calibrate, cancel, characterise, characterize, cicatrise, cicatrize, code, crisscross, cross, dapple, delineate, describe, dimension, dimple, distinguish, dot, draw, earmark, eyespot, flag, fleck, hallmark, ink, invalidate, label, line, lineation, maculation, mark, milepost, milestone, mottling, ocellus, patch, peg, pin, pip, pockmark, point, post, postmark, quote, raddle, receipt, scarify, scotch, scribe, shading, signalise, signalize, signpost, speck, speckle, spot, stake, star, stigmatise, stigmatize, streak, striate, stripe, striping, tip, trace, trademark, underline, underscore, watermark.

Words nearby

making, masking, parking.

Rhymes with

parking.