MARK - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

Example: she made good marks in algebra; grade A milk; what was your score on your homework?

Categories: Evaluation, Valuation, Rating

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

a visible indication made on a surface

Example: some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks; paw prints were everywhere

Categories: Indication, Indicant

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Verb

make or leave a mark on

Example: the scouts marked the trail; ash marked the believers' foreheads

Categories: Change, Alter, Modify

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

a symbol of disgrace or infamy

Example: And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis

Categories: Symbol

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

formerly the basic unit of money in Germany

Categories: German monetary unit

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Noun

a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)

Example: his answer was just a punctuation mark

Categories: Written symbol, Printed symbol

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Noun

the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Verb

designate as if by a mark

Example: This sign marks the border

Categories: Bespeak, Betoken, Indicate, Point, Signal