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mark·er

(mär′kər)

1. One that marks or serves as a mark, as:

a. A bookmark.

b. A tombstone.

c. A milestone.

2. An implement, especially a felt-tipped pen, used for marking or writing.

3. One who marks objects, especially for industrial purposes.

4. One who grades student papers.

5. Sports

a. A device, such as a line, stake, or flag, set on a playing field and showing the playing or scoring position.

b. A player who guards an opponent, as in soccer.

c. An official in certain court games, such as squash, who mainly judges whether the ball is out of play and whether a fault or let has occurred.

6. Games

a. One that keeps score in various games.

b. A score in a game.

7. Slang A written, signed promissory note.

8. A chemical or physical characteristic that indicates the presence of something, especially:

a. A genetic marker.

b. A biomarker.

9. Linguistics An element that indicates grammatical or semantic class or function, such as an inflectional affix.

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marker

(ˈmɑːkə)

a. something used for distinguishing or marking

b. (as modifier): a marker buoy.

2. a person or thing that marks

3. (General Sporting Terms) a person or object that keeps or shows scores in a game

4. (Medicine) a trait, condition, gene, or substance that indicates the presence of, or a probable increased predisposition to, a medical or psychological disorder. See biological marker, genetic marker, medical marker

5. (Sociology) a trait, condition, gene, or substance that indicates the presence of, or a probable increased predisposition to, a medical or psychological disorder. See biological marker, genetic marker, medical marker

6. (Psychology) a trait, condition, gene, or substance that indicates the presence of, or a probable increased predisposition to, a medical or psychological disorder. See biological marker, genetic marker, medical marker

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mark•er

(ˈmɑr kər)

n.

1. a person or thing that marks.

2. something used to mark location.

3. a counter used in card playing.

4. something, as a scent, that establishes territorial possession.

5. genetic marker.

6. a linguistic element, as an affix or word, that indicates the category or function of the form it accompanies: the plural marker -s.

[1480–90]

marker

1. A visual or electronic aid used to mark a designated point.
2. In land mine warfare: See gap marker; intermediate marker; lane marker; row marker; strip marker.
3. In naval operations, a maritime unit which maintains an immediate offensive or obstructive capability against a specified target.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun	1.	marker - some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something; "the buoys were markers for the channel" artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole bookmark, bookmarker - a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place yard marker - (football) a marker indicating the yard line
	2.	marker - a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" marking, mark earmark - identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal brand - identification mark on skin, made by burning symbol - an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product assay-mark, authentication, hallmark - a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity postmark - a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing watermark - a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light broad arrow - an arrowhead mark identifying British government property milepost, milestone - stone post at side of a road to show distances peg, pin - small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. pip, spot - a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) label - an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object cairn - a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
	3.	marker - a writing implement for making a mark highlighter - a fluorescent marker used to mark important passages in a text writing implement - an implement that is used to write

Translations

شيء يُسْتَعْمَل للتَّسْجيل أو التأشيرمُؤَشِّر على اللوح يُشْبِه القَلِممُسَجل النُّقاط

fix-kamarkérznačkaznačkovač

mærkepointtagertuschpen

Textmarker Anschreiber Markierung

μαρκαδόρος

marcador rotulador marca

marqueur marqueur indélébile marque

jelzõtáblácskapontjelzőszövegkiemelõ

maîur sem heldur skormerkimerkipenni

marcatore segnapunti

anviser markør merkepenn

fixkamarkér

işaretişaretleyicikalın uçlu kalemmarkör

标志物记分员记号笔

marker

[ˈmɑːkəʳ] N

1. (= indicator) (gen, Bio) → marcador m; (in field) → jalón m; (= signpost) → poste m indicador
to put down a marker (fig) → dejar una señal, marcar un lugar

2. (also marker pen) → rotulador m

3. (= bookmark) → marca f, señal f

4. (Ftbl) (= person) → marcador(a) m/f, secante mf

5. (Scol) (= person) → examinador(a) m/f

6. (Billiards etc) → marcador m; (in other games) → ficha f

7. (Comput) → bandera f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

marker

[ˈmɑː^rkə^r] n

(= sign) → jalon m

(= pen) → marqueur m

(= bookmark) → signet m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

marker

→ Marke f; (to turn at) → Wendemarke f, → Wendepunkt m; (on road) → Schild nt, → Wegweiser m; (in book) → Lesezeichen nt

(= indication) a marker for something → eine Kennzeichnung für etw

(for exams) → Korrektor(in) m(f); (= scorekeeper in games) → Punktezähler(in) m(f); will you be the marker? → schreibst du (die Punkte) auf?

(Ftbl) → Beschatter(in) m(f)

(= pen) → Markierstift m, → Marker m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

marker

[ˈmɑːkəʳ] n (stake) → paletto; (pen) → pennarello; (sign) → segno; (in book) → segnalibro (Brit) (Scol) persona addetta a correggere le prove d'esame; (scorekeeper in games) → segnapunti m inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mark

(maːk) noun

1. (also Deutsche Mark, ~Deutschmark (ˈdoitʃmaːk) ) the standard unit of German currency before the euro.

2. a point given as a reward for good work etc. She got good marks in the exam.

3. a stain. That spilt coffee has left a mark on the carpet.

4. a sign used as a guide to position etc. There's a mark on the map showing where the church is.

5. a cross or other sign used instead of a signature. He couldn't sign his name, so he made his mark instead.

6. an indication or sign of a particular thing. a mark of respect.

verb

1. to put a mark or stain on, or to become marked or stained. Every pupil's coat must be marked with his name; That coffee has marked the tablecloth; This white material marks easily.

2. to give marks to (a piece of work). I have forty exam-papers to mark tonight.

3. to show; to be a sign of. X marks the spot where the treasure is buried.

4. to note. Mark it down in your notebook.

5. (in football etc) to keep close to (an opponent) so as to prevent his getting the ball. Your job is to mark the centre-forward.

marked adjective

obvious or easily noticeable. There has been a marked improvement in her work.

ˈmarkedly (-kid-) adverb

noticeably. It's markedly easier to do it by this method.

ˈmarker noun

1. a person who marks eg the score at games.

2. something used for marking, eg in scoring, showing the position of something etc. The area is indicated by large green markers.

3. a type of pen, usually with a thick point.

ˈmarksman (ˈmaːks-) – plural ˈmarksmen – noun

a person who shoots well. The police marksman did not kill the criminal – he wounded him in the leg to prevent him escaping.

ˈmarksmanship noun

a person's skill as a marksman.

leave/make one's mark

to make a permanent or strong impression. The horrors of the war have left their mark on the children.

mark out

1. to mark the boundary of (eg a football pitch) by making lines etc. The pitch was marked out with white lines.

2. to select or choose for some particular purpose etc in the future. He had been marked out for an army career from early childhood.

mark time

to move the feet up and down as if marching, but without going forward. He's only marking time in this job till he gets a better one.

mark·er

n. marcador, indicador.

marker

n marcador m

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"Mine, too," answered Harnish, while the others stated the values they put on their own markers, French Louis, the most modest, issuing his at a hundred dollars each.

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"The men are playing with markers. That means the roof is the limit.

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The drawers beneath contained nothing but cards, and the usual counters and markers. With the exception of one pack, the cards in both tables were still wrapped in their paper covers exactly as they had come from the shop.

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"It has been ready a long while," answered the marker, who had already set the balls in a triangle, and was knocking the red one about for his own diversion.

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Marker is prepared to swear that the professor was still in his night-clothes, and indeed it was impossible for him to dress without the help of Mortimer, whose orders were to come at twelve o'clock.

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All at once the stranger closed the book, putting in a marker, and again, leaning with his arms on the back of the sofa, sat in his former position with his eyes shut.

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Tibby put a marker in the leaves of his Chinese Grammar and helped them.

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As to the clerks, he pronounced them mere pretenders, not one of whom had ever been among the Indians, nor farther to the northwest than Montreal, nor of higher rank than barkeeper of a tavern or marker of a billiard-table, excepting one, who had been a school-master, and whom he emphatically sets down for "as foolish a pedant as ever lived."

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To the older people, sitting round in their wicker-work garden chairs, the darting, stooping, springing white figures, the sweep of skirts, and twinkle of canvas shoes, the click of the rackets and sharp whiz of the balls, with the continual "fifteen love--fifteen all!" of the marker, made up a merry and exhilarating scene.

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I opened my ninth book at a very special passage, and put the fan in as a marker, to keep the place.

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What I was afraid of was that everyone present, from the insolent marker down to the lowest little stinking, pimply clerk in a greasy collar, would jeer at me and fail to understand when I began to protest and to address them in literary language.

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Fearing, however, to make use of any valuable piece of paper, I hesitated for a moment, then recollected that I had seen in the famous breviary, which was on the table beside me, an old paper quite yellow with age, and which had served as a marker for centuries, kept there by the request of the heirs.