marks
/mɑɹks/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Mark.
name
A city, the county seat of Quitman County, Mississippi, United States.
Example Sentences
- "Radice would never sanction an advert like Marks’s now-notorious ‘normal’ lady on the hill."
- "But it was more expensive. At BHS [British Home Stores] I bought a cotton halter neck for £4, at Marks I bought a slightly trendier top for £22."
- "Where once M&S was seen as a purveyor of clothes that were at best inoffensive or else labelled – in a somewhat sexist manner – “frumpy”, now it is appealing to women who have one eye on Vogue and another on value. She [Catherine Shuttleworth] points anecdotally to “the number of people who have said to me ‘have you been to Marks? It’s absolutely brilliant’.”"
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mɑɹks/
- British English: /mɑːks/
Usage
- British usage
- Colloquial
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People, Religion.
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Bevis Marks