Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The third month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

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  • proper noun The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April. Abbreviation: Mar or Mar.
  • proper noun A surname for someone born in March, or for someone living near a boundary (marche).

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin Mārtius (mēnsis), (month) of Mars, from Mārs, Mārt-, Mars.]

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Middle English March(e), from Anglo-Norman Marche, from Old French marz, from Latin mārtius, from earlier Mavors.

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Examples

  • There soon, however, was a prevailing understanding that Caesar's friends were determined on executing the design of crowning him, and that the fifteenth of March, called, in their phraseology, the _Ides of March_, was fixed upon as the coronation day.

    History of Julius Caesar Jacob Abbott 1841

  • The authors take the 2009 reading test results released in March from the National Assessment of Educational Progress -- considered to be the gold standard in K-12 standardized assessment -- and break down the numbers to show how well different groups of disadvantaged students are doing:

    The elephant that Obama and Lauer ignored: Poverty and student achievement Valerie Strauss 2010

  • Bailey's most recent book, published in March, is a biography of John Cheever, which, I wrote last month, I wasn't going to read because I didn't think I could stand to spend 784 pages in that miserable man's company.

    Old heart crying 2009

  • Rose, who will leave Rolls-Royce in March, is likely to be inundated with offers to sit on the boards of some of Britain's top companies as a non executive.

    John Rose to quit Rolls-Royce after 14 years at helm Tim Webb 2010

  • Bailey's most recent book, published in March, is a biography of John Cheever, which, I wrote last month, I wasn't going to read because I didn't think I could stand to spend 784 pages in that miserable man's company.

    Lance Mannion: 2009

  • The health bill passed in March is particularly unpopular in the districts that matter most in the Republicans 'effort to retake the House.

    Health Law Unpopular in Key House Districts Janet Adamy 2010

  • The authors take the 2009 reading test results released in March from the National Assessment of Educational Progress -- considered to be the gold standard in K-12 standardized assessment -- and break down the numbers to show how well different groups of disadvantaged students are doing:

    The limits of Moco schools' economic integration study Valerie Strauss 2010

  • In a release, the NRSC points out that the money raised in March is 25 percent higher than in 2008, when the GOP had 8 more members in the Senate.

    Senate Republicans have $15 million in the bank 2010

  • Johanna Draper Carlson, meanwhile, notes that Wizard, which canceled its anime magazine in March, is incorporating a mini-anime convention into the Aug. 6-9 show with Anime Central Aftershock.

    Wizard Chicago Con Jumps on Anime Bandwagon » Manga Worth Reading 2009

  • The National Association of Realtors 'Pending-Sale Index, based on agreements of sale signed for existing homes during a month, fell 20.1 percent in March from the same month in the 2007.

    Eschaton 2008

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