Meanings
marking1
plural markings
- countableuncountableThe action of marking.
The Seasiders equalised soon after when Gary Taylor-Fletcher made the most of slack marking to slot home.
2011 January 12, Saj Chowdhury, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Liverpool”, in BBC - countableuncountableA mark.
Social distancing principles form a part of the essential controls needed to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. [...] For example, measures such as signage and floor markings to provide physical separation will help.
2020 May 20, Ian Prosser, “Comment”, in Rail, page 7 - countableuncountableThe characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
- countableuncountableA symbol or set of letters used to identify the type or identity of an object.
The markings on the plane identified it as belonging to law enforcement.
- countableuncountablegraph theoryAny configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.
marking2
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mark
Synonyms & antonyms
nounevaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
marking · noun
- Proto-West Germanic*markungu
- Old Englishmearcung
- Middle Englishmarking
- Englishmarking
From Middle English marking, merking, merkunge, from Old English mearcung, from Proto-West Germanic *markungu, equivalent to mark + -ing.
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Cite this entry
marking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marking
“marking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marking. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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