Main entry: home run, bull's eye, bell ringer, mark
Definition: something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
Usage: the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer; scored a bull's eye; hit the mark; the president's speech was a home run
Main entry: mark
Definition: the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
Usage: it was in London that he made his mark; he left an indelible mark on the American theater
Main entry: mark, crisscross, cross
Definition: a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
Main entry: mark, scar, scrape, scratch
Definition: an indication of damage
Main entry: grade, mark, score
Definition: a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
Usage: she made good marks in algebra; grade A milk; what was your score on your homework?
Main entry: Gospel According to Mark, Mark
Definition: the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament
Definition: a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
Usage: he showed signs of strain; they welcomed the signs of spring
Main entry: stain, mark, stigma, brand
Definition: a symbol of disgrace or infamy
Usage: And the Lord set a mark upon Cain--Genesis
Definition: a visible indication made on a surface
Usage: some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks; paw prints were everywhere
Main entry: mark
Definition: a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
Usage: his answer was just a punctuation mark
Definition: a reference point to shoot at
Usage: his arrow hit the mark
Main entry: mark, marker, marking
Definition: a distinguishing symbol
Usage: the owner's mark was on all the sheep
Main entry: chump, soft touch, sucker, mark, gull, fool, fall guy, patsy, mug
Definition: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Main entry: Saint Mark, St. Mark, Mark
Definition: Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel
Main entry: German mark, Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark, mark
Definition: formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
Definition: insert punctuation marks into
Main entry: mark
Definition: make or leave a mark on
Usage: the scouts marked the trail; ash marked the believers' foreheads
Main entry: commemorate, mark
Definition: mark by some ceremony or observation
Usage: The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade
Main entry: mark, distinguish, differentiate
Definition: be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
Usage: His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
Main entry: grade, mark, score
Definition: assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
Usage: grade tests; score the SAT essays; mark homework
Main entry: tick, tick off, mark, mark off, check, check off
Definition: put a check mark on or near or next to
Usage: Please check each name on the list; tick off the items; mark off the units
Main entry: mark, cross off, cross out, strike off, strike out
Definition: remove from a list
Usage: Cross the name of the dead person off the list
Main entry: mark
Definition: designate as if by a mark
Usage: This sign marks the border
Definition: make underscoring marks
Definition: establish as the highest level or best performance
Usage: set a record
Definition: make small marks into the surface of
Usage: score the clay before firing it
Main entry: scar, mark, pit, pock
Definition: mark with a scar
Usage: The skin disease scarred his face permanently
Definition: attach a tag or label to
Usage: label these bottles
Main entry: mark, note, notice
Definition: notice or perceive
Usage: She noted that someone was following her; mark my words
Main entry: stigmatise, stigmatize, denounce, brand, mark
Definition: to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
Usage: He denounced the government action; She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock