English Explanatory Dictionary

march

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies.
  2. A journey so walked.
  3. A political rally or parade.
  4. Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
  5. Steady forward movement or progression.
  6. The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
verb
  1. To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
  2. To cause someone to walk somewhere.
  3. To go to war; to make military advances.
  4. To make steady progress.
noun
  1. A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
  2. A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.
verb
  1. To have common borders or frontiers
noun
  1. Smallage.
name
  1. The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox.
  2. A surname from Middle English for someone born in March, or for someone living near a boundary (marche).
  3. A male given name from English.
  4. A locality in the Cabonne council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4196).
  6. A municipality near Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
  7. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, United States, named after the month.

Pronunciation

/mɑːtʃ/ märch /mɑɹt͡ʃ/ en-us-March.ogg

Word forms

march marches marching marched Mar Mar.

Etymology

From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“to mark”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc (“mark, boundary”). Compare mark, from Old English mearcian. Compare typologically Russian сле́довать (slédovatʹ) (akin to след (sled)). Also compare пятно́ (pjatnó) (<~ пята́ (pjatá)).

Synonyms

protest parade rally process advancement progression frontier marchland borderland Third Month

Related words

démarche volksmarch Marche marchion marchionat marchioness marquee marquess marquis marquisate stanmarch Mar Mar. mul:3 January February April May June July August September October November December ides of March March Air Reserve Base March ale March beer March break March brown March chick March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb March crane fly March fly March hare March-mad March Madness March moth March Revolution March violet Mars

Derived words

countermarch dead march death march double march forced march force-march freedom march frog-march frog march frog's march funeral march gain a march on get a march on grand march hour of march in a full march in march Jacksonian march Jarvis march line of march loaded march long march through the institutions make a march march haemoglobinuria march hemoglobinuria marchlike march-movement march music march-on march-order march out march-past march-time march to a different drummer March to the Sea march tumor march tumour marchy minute of march on a march on the march quick march rogue's march route march route-march routemarch slow march snowball marches steal a march wedding march outmarch an army marches on its stomach dismarch marching march off march on march past march to a different beat march to a different drum march to one's own drum
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