marker
/ˈmɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/
marker noun: a felt-tipped pen, a marker pen. Also the ellipsis of discourse marker.
Noun
marker (countable and uncountable, plural markers)
- A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen.
- Don't use the permanent marker on the whiteboard.
- A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores.
- "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.1901 [1878], chapter 8, in Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, part 7
- A device that fires a paintball.
- Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
- Board member Phillip Carlson […] said he considers [the election of] Brading to be a marker for the distance the gay and lesbian community has come.1990 April 7, Deborah Schwartz, “Gay Group Hires Straight Man”, in Gay Community News, page 5
- A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for.
- Pellegrini insisted this was a game City had to win - this they did and with the sort of performance that put down a marker for how the Chilean wants his team to play.2013 September 22, Phil McNulty, “Man City 4-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport
- A location on a stage or set where an actor is to stand or move to during a scene, usually indicated by a small X design placed on the floor.
- A direction issued by a camera operator for actors to be on their locations in readiness for a take.
- Synonym of IOU, an informal record of a debt.
- A free or bound morpheme indicating a grammatical function.
- A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.
- Markers are mapped relative to one another on chromosomes and used as signposts against which to map genes of interest that are linked with marker. This process of finding the linked markers/genes is referred to as grouping.2012, N Manikanda Boopathi, Genetic Mapping and Marker Assisted Selection: Basics, Practice and Benefits, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 88
- A substance used as an indicator for diagnosis or other analysis, a biomarker.
- Nurse Hall: Is there any reason we shouldn't do a full workup? / Steve Denube: Ignorance is bliss; that's about it. Hangover's worse than usual but that's probably from the drinking and recreational drug use. / Nurse Hall: We'll ignore the ganja and booger sugar markers.2019, Justin Benson, directed by Justin Benson, Synchronic, spoken by Nurse Hall and Steve Denube (Rhonda Johnson Dents and Anthony Mackie), XYZ Films, →OCLC
- The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column or marks the direction of an alignment.
- A sewing machine attachment that creases the fabric to mark a line
- A counter, especially one used in card games or backgammon.
- Any of various objects that mark a place on the landscape, such as a milepost, blaze, or surveyor's cairn.
- Someone who assigns marks on tests, examinations, etc.; a grader.
- So, in his end of term report, what marks would Brown award himself for his time at TfL?
"8½," he replies.
Why?
"I'm a hard marker! […]2020 July 15, Mike Brown tells Paul Clifton, “Leading London's "hidden heroes"”, in Rail, page 47
- So, in his end of term report, what marks would Brown award himself for his time at TfL?
- The ink marks or residue of a felt-tipped pen.
- Susie got marker all over the walls.
- A personal favor owed to someone, whether written or not.
- We may not be able to do this alone. Maybe it’s time to call in some of our markers.
- A formal certification that a company was the first to approach a competition authority to reveal the existence of a cartel, generally entitling it to greater leniency during the cartel's dissolution and punishment.
- A player on defense used to mark one or more offensive players.
- He skipped past Marc Wilson before clipping a delicious cross into the Stoke danger zone, where Cisse's sharp movement allowed him to escape marker Robert Huth and send a far-post header crashing against the crossbar. And Cabaye was waiting to pounce on the rebound with a close range header.2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport
- A player employed by a private club to compete against members.
- The Court itself, with its rent, the wages of the Marker and the tips to the Marker, the rackets and the balls, the baths and the flannels and the washing of the flannels, do much to account for the costliness of play.1903, Eustace Miles, Racquets, tennis, and squash, New York: Appleton & Co., page 39
- Some of the native markers attain to great skill, and the brilliant success in London of " Jamsetjee " the Bombay professional affords sufficient testimony to their capabilities.1904 "Squash and Racquets" in Frederick George Aflalo ed. The sportsman's book for India p.519 (London: Horace Marshall & Son)
- A point, unit of scoring in a game or competition.
Verb
marker (third-person singular simple present markers, present participle markering, simple past and past participle markered)
- To mark or write on (something) using a marker
- On one page someone has markered: "Remember, you are your own best thing."2002 July 5, Mike Sula, “Everything Must Go”, in Chicago Reader
Also used as
marker is also the ellipsis of discourse marker.
marker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
marker in Hindi
- मार्कर, चिन्हक
marker in Tamil
- மார்க்கர்
marker in Marathi
- मार्कर, चिन्हक
marker in Urdu
- مارکر, مرکر
More languagesFewer languages
- marker in Bengali
- মার্কার, চিহ্নিতকারী
- marker in Telugu
- మార్కర్
- marker in Malayalam
- മാർക്കർ
- marker in Kannada
- ಮಾರ್ಕರ್
- marker in Gujarati
- માર્કર
- marker in Odia
- ମାର୍କର୍, ମାର୍କର, ମାର୍କାର
- marker in Nepali
- मार्कर
- marker in Persian
- نشانگر nešângar
- marker in Vietnamese
- chỉ tố
Examples of marker in a sentence
- Each consonant symbol in the shorthand is qualifiable with various vowel markers.
- I am running low on paint for my marker.
- Get a whiteboard marker and write over it lah.
Synonyms of marker
Forms of marker
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | markers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | markers |
| present participle | markering |
| past participle | markered |
| past | markered |
Origin of marker
From mark + -er.
Words formed from marker
- backmarker
- biomarker
- bookmarker
- chemomarker
- exomarker
- fluoromarker
- geomarker
- glycomarker
- hitmarker
- immunomarker
- intermarker
- markerboard
- markerless
- multimarker
- neuromarker
- oncomarker
- osteomarker
- phosphomarker
- phylomarker
- phytomarker
- placemarker
- radiomarker
- seromarker
- sonomarker
- waymarker
- air marker
- china marker
- discourse marker
- dry marker
- epistemic marker
- exclamative marker
- fan marker
- genetic marker
- grave marker
- hesitation marker
- Hydro Marker
- infinitive marker
- inner marker
- lay down the marker
- locator outer marker
- magic marker
- marker beacon
- marker bed
- marker gene
- marker horizon
- marker interface → marker interface pattern
- marker light
- marker pen
- meal marker
- middle marker
- mile marker
- non-manual marker
- OB marker
- on-time marker
- outer marker
- paragraph marker
- permanent marker
- slap marker
- time marker
- whiteboard marker
Phrases with marker
- back marker
- marker beds
- marker pens
- marker genes
- marker lights
- marker beacons
- marker horizons
- marker interface
- zero mile marker
- marker interfaces
- Marker degradation
- laid down the marker
4 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with marker
Questions about marker
- What does marker mean?
- Marker means a felt-tipped pen, a marker pen.
- What is marker in Hindi?
- Marker in Hindi is मार्कर, चिन्हक. See Marker meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is marker?
- Marker can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce marker?
- Marker is pronounced /ˈmɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of marker?
- The plural of marker is markers.
Words near marker in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: marker (page history and authors); marker (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marker (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marker (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marker (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marker (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marker (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marker (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marker (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marker (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marker (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marker (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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