Meanings
- idiomaticPrecisely accurate; correct or appropriate.
The writing was often good, his feel for characters on the mark, but the book was wordy.
1989 Feb. 12, Beverly Lowry, "Books: Everyone is somebody's child" (review of Equal Affections by David Leavitt), New York Times (retrieved 14 Sept 2017)2 more examples
Three eminent mainstream British economists told MPs . . . that the government had struck the right balance between cuts and spending. Austerity is bang on the mark, they said.
2013 June 7, Phillip Inman, “9 reasons Keynesians aren't winning the argument”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 14 Sep 2017The Republicans haven't always been on the mark with doomsday predictions about Democratic presidents.
2016 June 25, Joel Connelly, “Older, grayer, battle-scarred Obama still 'fired up, ready to go'”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 14 Sep 2017Synonyms: bang on, on the dot, on the money · Antonyms: off the mark, wide of the mark, off base, off-track, off target
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phrasePrecisely accurate; correct or appropriate.
Translations
Ancient Greek εὔστοχος
- εὔστοχος (eústokhos)precisely accurate
Polish trafny, w dziesiątkę
- trafnyprecisely accurate
- w dziesiątkęprecisely accurate
Cite this entry
on the mark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20mark
“on the mark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20mark. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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