English Explanatory Dictionary

marking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The action of marking.
  2. A mark.
  3. The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
  4. A symbol or set of letters used to identify the type or identity of an object.
  5. Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of mark

Pronunciation

/ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/ /ˈmɑːkɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-marking.wav

Word forms

marking markings

Etymology

From Middle English marking, merking, merkunge, from Old English mearcung, from Proto-West Germanic *markungu, equivalent to mark + -ing.

Derived words

biomarking direct-inverse marking double-marking e-marking exceptional case-marking high-marking man-marking marking blue marking error marking fire marking gage marking gauge marking knife marking-nut marking nut marking nut tree marking-nut tree marking out marking pen price marking shared lane marking submarking zero-marking
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