strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.
watched as an object of suspicion or vengeance: a marked man.
having a mark or marks: beautifully marked birds; to read the marked pages.
Linguistics.
(of a phoneme) characterized by the presence of a phonological feature that serves to distinguish it from an otherwise similar phoneme lacking that feature, as (d), which, in contrast to (t), is characterized by the presence of voicing.
characterized by the presence of a marker indicating the grammatical function of a construction, as the plural in English, which, in contrast to the singular, is typically indicated by the presence of the marker -s.
specifying an additional element of meaning, in contrast to a semantically related item, as drake in contrast to duck, where drake specifies “male” while duck does not necessarily specify sex.
occurring less typically than an alternative form, as the word order in Down he fell in contrast to the more usual order of He fell down.Compare unmarked (def. 2).
Origin of marked
Middle English; Old English gemearcod;see mark1, -ed2
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The coming anniversary is marked by little stickers that say “We remember” or “We are human too,” but little else.
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The Siege of Boston marked the opening phase of the American Revolution.
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So what piece could have so passionately enraged this caller that I was marked for death?
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They had been naturally attracted and pleased by his marked social qualities and characteristics.
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Many of these were marked while they were still small so that their approximate ages are known.
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The governorship of Theodore Roosevelt was marked by a deal of fine constructive legislation and administration.
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The servant who fetched him was marked as a girl well known on the stand.
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And as she carried the attempt too far, I got angry, and heating with a charm the prongs of my trident, I marked her on the loins.
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British Dictionary definitions for marked
marked
/ (mɑːkt) /
adjective
obvious, evident, or noticeable
singled out, esp for punishment, killing, etca marked man
linguisticsdistinguished by a specific feature, as in phonology. For example, of the two phonemes /t/ and /d/, the /d/ is marked because it exhibits the feature of voice