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verb | noun earmarkearmark1 /ˈɪrmɑrk/ verb [transitive usually passive] VERB TABLEearmark |
Present | I, you, we, they | earmark | | he, she, it | earmarks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | earmarked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have earmarked | | he, she, it | has earmarked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had earmarked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will earmark | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have earmarked |
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Present | I | am earmarking | | he, she, it | is earmarking | | you, we, they | are earmarking | Past | I, he, she, it | was earmarking | | you, we, they | were earmarking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been earmarking | | he, she, it | has been earmarking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been earmarking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be earmarking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been earmarking |
to decide that something, especially money, will be used for a particular purpose in the future: earmark something for something $40,000 will be earmarked for education. verb | noun earmarkearmark2 noun [countable] a feature that makes something easy to recognize: The case has all the earmarks of a political cover-up. |