Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A making or giving of a mark.
- noun A mark or marks made.
- noun A mark or pattern of marks on an organism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of impressing a mark upon something.—2. In coinage, the process of edge-rolling, or swaging the edge of the blank to prepare it for reeding.—3. A mark or series of marks upon something; characteristic arrangement of marks, as lines or dots, or of natural coloring: as, the markings on a bird's eggs, or of the petals of a flower; the natural markings of a gem or of ornamental wood.
- Making a mark; hence, distinguishing; significant; striking.
- Taking note; discerning; observant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or marks made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring.
- noun indelible ink, because used in marking linen.
- noun (Bot.) the nut of the
Semecarpus Anacardium , an East Indian tree. The shell of the nut yields a blackish resinous juice used for marking cotton cloth, and an oil prepared from it is used for rheumatism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
mark . - noun
action of the verb to mark - noun a mark
- noun the characteristic
colouration andpatterning of ananimal
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
- noun a pattern of marks
- noun a distinguishing symbol
- noun the act of making a visible mark on a surface
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Announcing the killing at a press conference where he did not take questions, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the rebels' National Transitional Council, called Younis "one of the heroes of the 17th of February revolution," a name marking the date of early protests against Gadhafi's regime.
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Announcing the killing at a press conference where he did not take questions, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the rebels' National Transitional Council, called Younis "one of the heroes of the 17th of February revolution," a name marking the date of early protests against Gadhafi's regime.
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According to al-Jazeera, Jalil called Younes "one of the heroes of the 17th of February revolution," a name marking the date of early protests against Gadhafi's regime.
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Abdel-Jalil called Younis "one of the heroes of the 17th of February revolution," a name marking the date of early protests against Gadhafi's regime.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Associated Press 2011
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Announcing the killing at a press conference where he did not take questions, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the rebels' National Transitional Council, called Younis "one of the heroes of the 17th of February revolution," a name marking the date of early protests against Gadhafi's regime.
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According to al-Jazeera, Jalil called Younes "one of the heroes of the 17th of February revolution," a name marking the date of early protests against Gadhafi's regime.
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Announcing the killing at a press conference where he did not take questions, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the rebels' National Transitional Council, called Younis "one of the heroes of the 17th of February revolution," a name marking the date of early protests against Qaddafi's regime.
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Announcing the killing at a press conference where he did not take questions, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the rebels' National Transitional Council, called Younis "one of the heroes of the 17th of February revolution," a name marking the date of early protests against Gadhafi's regime.
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Announcing the killing at a press conference where he did not take questions, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the rebels' National Transitional Council, called Younis "one of the heroes of the 17th of February revolution," a name marking the date of early protests against Gadhafi's regime.
SFGate: Top News Stories By RAMI Al-SHAHEIBI 2011
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Abdul Jalil called Younis "one of the heroes of the 17th of February revolution", a name marking the date of early protests against Gaddafi's regime.
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