English Explanatory Dictionary

marker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone or something that creates marks, particularly
  2. A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen.
  3. A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores.
  4. A device that fires a paintball.
  5. Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
  6. A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for.
  7. A location on a stage or set where an actor is to stand or move to during a scene, usually indicated by a small X design placed on the floor.
  8. A direction issued by a camera operator for actors to be on their locations in readiness for a take.
  9. Synonym of IOU, an informal record of a debt.
  10. A free or bound morpheme indicating a grammatical function.
  11. Ellipsis of discourse marker.
  12. A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.
verb
  1. To mark or write on (something) using a marker

Pronunciation

/ˈmɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/ En-au-marker.ogg

Word forms

marker markers markering markered

Etymology

From mark + -er.

Synonyms

IOU

Related words

man marker man-marker

Derived words

backmarker biomarker bookmarker chemomarker exomarker fluoromarker geomarker glycomarker hitmarker immunomarker intermarker markerboard markerless multimarker neuromarker oncomarker osteomarker phosphomarker phylomarker phytomarker placemarker radiomarker seromarker sonomarker waymarker air marker china marker discourse marker dry marker epistemic marker exclamative marker fan marker genetic marker grave marker hesitation marker Hydro Marker infinitive marker inner marker lay down the marker locator outer marker magic marker marker beacon marker bed marker gene marker horizon marker interface → marker interface pattern marker light marker pen meal marker middle marker mile marker non-manual marker OB marker on-time marker outer marker paragraph marker permanent marker slap marker time marker whiteboard marker

Translations

French: marqueur French: tetrahedron German: Markierung Hungarian: jelzés Hungarian: jel Macedonian: пока́зател Norman: mèrtcheux Norwegian Bokmål: markør Norwegian Nynorsk: markør Portuguese: marco Romanian: marker Russian: ме́тка Russian: указа́тель Slovak: značka Slovak: označenie Slovak: marka Slovak: míľnik Spanish: venero
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