mark+out

  • 1mark out — index circumscribe (surround by boundary), delimit, demarcate, designate, differentiate, distinguish, indicate, prescribe …

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  • 2mark out — verb set boundaries to and delimit mark out the territory • Syn: ↑mark off • Hypernyms: ↑restrict, ↑restrain, ↑trammel, ↑limit, ↑bound, ↑ …

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  • 3mark out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms mark out : present tense I/you/we/they mark out he/she/it marks out present participle marking out past tense marked out past participle marked out 1) mark out or mark off to show that someone or something is… …

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  • 4mark out — 1) PHRASAL VERB To mark out an area or shape means to show where it begins and ends. [V P n (not pron)] When planting seedlings I prefer to mark out the rows in advance. [Also V n P] 2) PHRASAL VERB If a particular quality or feature marks… …

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  • 5mark out — phr verb Mark out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑territory …

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  • 6mark out a course — index arrange (plan), plan Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7mark out for — index choose Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 8To mark out — Mark Mark (m[aum]rk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marked} (m[aum]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Marking}.] [OE. marken, merken, AS. mearcian, from mearc. See {Mark} the sign.] 1. To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a… …

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  • 9mark out — restrict; indicate; separate, make a distinction between …

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  • 10Mark — (m[aum]rk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marked} (m[aum]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Marking}.] [OE. marken, merken, AS. mearcian, from mearc. See {Mark} the sign.] 1. To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to… …

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