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marks down

marks down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mark down.

Meaning of mark down

Verb

mark down (third-person singular simple present marks down, present participle marking down, simple past and past participle marked down)

  1. (transitive) To reduce the price of.
  2. (transitive) To write a memorandum about.
  3. (transitive) To subtract marks or points from, for an error.
    • The writing is good, but I had to mark you down for failing to cite references.
  4. (transitive) To write down.
  5. (transitive) To draw a conclusion about something; to consider something to be a certain way. (Typically used with as.)
    • They could not take what he'd become / and mark him down as free, / and so they trapped him with his dream / and nailed him to a tree.2012, Bill Comeau, “The Hymn of Hope”, in The Tao of Pokey, page 9

Questions about marks down

What is marks down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Marks down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mark down.

Words near marks down in the dictionary

  1. markry
  2. marks
  3. Marks & Sparks
  4. Marks and Sparks
  5. marks as
  6. marks down
  7. marks down as
  8. marks of admiration
  9. Marks of Cain
  10. marks of the beast
  11. marks off

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