Marked

English

Adjective

Marked (comparative more Marked, superlative most Marked)

1. Having a visible or identifying mark.
   1. Of a playing card: having a secret mark on the back for cheating.
2. Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.

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

3. (linguistics) Of a word, form, or phoneme: distinguished by a positive feature.

   e.g. in author and authoress, the latter is marked for its gender by a suffix.

4. singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.

   A marked man.

Notes

• This adjectival sense of this word is sometimes written markèd, with a grave accent. This is meant to indicate that the second e is pronounced as /ɪ/, rather than being silent, as in the verb form. This usage is largely restricted to poetry and other works in which it is important that the adjective’s disyllabicity be made explicit.

Verb

marked

1. Simple past tense and past participle of mark.

Thesaurus

a cut above, above, acclaimed, ahead, appalling, apparent, appointed, appropriate, arresting, ascendant, astonishing, better, capping, carved, celebrated, characteristic, chosen, considerable, conspicuous, creased, cut, decided, destined, devoted, distinctive, distinguished, doomed, eclipsing, egregious, eminent, enchased, engraved, esteemed, estimable, evident, exceeding, excellent, excelling, exceptional, extraordinary, fabled, fabulous, famed, famous, fantastic, far-famed, far-heard, fatal, fated, fateful, finer, foredoomed, formidable, furrowed, glyphic, graved, graven, greater, grooved, higher, honored, idiocratic, idiosyncratic, impressed, imprinted, in ascendancy, in character, in store, in the ascendant, in the cards, incised, incredible, inevitable, inscribed, insculptured, intrinsic, legendary, lined, major, marvelous, memorable, much acclaimed, mythical, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, obvious, of choice, of mark, of note, one up on, ordained, outstanding, over, patent, peculiar, pointed, popular, prestigious, printed, prominent, pronounced, proper, quintessential, rare, remarkable, rememberable, renowned, reputable, rivaling, salient, sculptured, signal, significant, single, singular, special, stamped, striking, super, superior, surpassing, talked-about, talked-of, telling, tooled, topping, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, true to form, uncommon, unforgettable, unique, unmistakable, upper, well-known, wonderful, written

Pronunciation 1

• (RP) IPA: /ˈmɑːkɪd/

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Alternative forms

• markèd

Pronunciation 2

• (RP) IPA: /mɑːkt/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)kt

Translations

Adjective

significant; notable

Finnish: merkittävä (fi), huomattava (fi)

Anagrams

• demark

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Danish

Noun

Marked n. (singular definite Markedet, plural indefinite Markeder)

1. market
2. fair
3. emporium

Etymology

From Old Norse markaðr, marknaðr (“market”), from northern Old French market, from Old French marchiet, from Latin mercātus (“market”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /markəd/, [ˈmɑːɡ̊ð̩]

Inflection

    Inflection of Marked

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	Marked	Markedet	Markeder	Markederne
genitive	Markeds	Markedets	Markeders	Markedernes