Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mark out

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.03 in modern English

Syllables: mark out
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To mark the boundaries of an area—used of land, wood, metal, etc.—before working upon it.

Transitive verb

verb

Transitive verb

verb

To obliterate or cancel with a mark.

Transitive verb

verb

To distinguish.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I don't want to be marked out as a failure."
"to mark out an item in an account"
"The hanging-bowl lampshade in marbled glass was two decades pre-war – the kind that marked out aged people."
"The killing of more than 90 journalists in Iraq in 43 months after the invasion was to mark it out as one of the deadliest conflicts to cover."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

marks out (present, singular) marking out (participle, present) marked out (participle, past) marked out (past)

Synonyms

mark off

Questions

What does mark out mean?: To mark the boundaries of an area—used of land, wood, metal, etc.—before working upon it.

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