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noun
1.
one of the four Evangelists: traditionally believed to be the author of the second Gospel.
2.
the second Gospel:
to read aloud from Mark.
3.
King, Arthurian Romance. ruler of Cornwall, husband of Iseult and uncle of Sir Tristram.
4.
Saint, Marcus, Saint.
5.
a male given name, form of Marcus.
noun
1.
a visible impression, stain, etc, on a surface, such as a spot or scratch
2.
a sign, symbol, or other indication that distinguishes something: an owner’s mark
3.
a cross or other symbol made instead of a signature
4.
a written or printed sign or symbol, as for punctuation: a question mark
5.
a letter, number, or percentage used to grade academic work
6.
a thing that indicates position or directs; marker
7.
a desired or recognized standard: he is not up to the mark
8.
an indication of some quality, feature, or prowess: he has the mark of an athlete
9.
quality or importance; note: a person of little mark
10.
a target or goal
11.
impression or influence: he left his mark on German literature
12.
one of the temperature settings on a gas oven: gas mark 5
13.
(often capital) (in trade names)

model, brand, or type: the car is a Mark 4
a variation on a particular model: a Mark 3 Cortina

14.
(slang) a suitable victim, esp for swindling
15.
(nautical) one of the intervals distinctively marked on a sounding lead Compare deep (sense 21)
16.
(bowls) another name for the jack1 (sense 7)
17.
(rugby Union) an action in which a player standing inside his own 22m line catches a forward kick by an opponent and shouts “mark”, entitling himself to a free kick
18.
(Australian rules football) a catch of the ball from a kick of at least 10 yards, after which a free kick is taken
19.
(boxing) the mark, the middle of the stomach at or above the line made by the boxer’s trunks
20.
(in medieval England and Germany) a piece of land held in common by the free men of a community
21.
an obsolete word for frontier
22.
(statistics) See class mark
23.
make one’s mark, to succeed or achieve recognition
24.
on your mark, on your marks, a command given to runners in a race to prepare themselves at the starting line
verb
25.
to make or receive (a visible impression, trace, or stain) on (a surface)
26.
(transitive) to characterize or distinguish: his face was marked by anger
27.
often foll by off or out. to set boundaries or limits (on): to mark out an area for negotiation
28.
(transitive) to select, designate, or doom by or as if by a mark: to mark someone as a criminal
29.
(transitive) to put identifying or designating labels, stamps, etc, on, esp to indicate price: to mark the book at one pound
30.
(transitive) to pay heed or attention to: mark my words
31.
to observe; notice
32.
to grade or evaluate (scholastic work): she marks fairly
33.
(Brit, sport) to stay close to (an opponent) to hamper his or her play
34.
to keep (score) in some games
35.
mark time

to move the feet alternately as in marching but without advancing
to act in a mechanical and routine way
to halt progress temporarily, while awaiting developments

interjection
36.
(rugby Union) the shout given by a player when calling for a mark
noun
1.
See Deutschmark, markka, Reichsmark, Ostmark
2.
a former monetary unit and coin in England and Scotland worth two thirds of a pound sterling
3.
a silver coin of Germany until 1924
noun (New Testament)
1.
one of the four Evangelists. Feast day: April 25
2.
the second Gospel, traditionally ascribed to him

mark (märk)
n.

A spot or line on a surface, visible through difference in color or elevation from that of the surrounding area.

A distinctive trait or property.

v. marked, mark·ing, marks

To make a visible trace or impression on, as occurs with a spot or dent.

To form, make, or depict by making a mark.

To distinguish or characterize.

mark

the evangelist; “John whose surname was Mark” (Acts 12:12, 25). Mark (Marcus, Col. 4:10, etc.) was his Roman name, which gradually came to supersede his Jewish name John. He is called John in Acts 13:5, 13, and Mark in 15:39, 2 Tim. 4:11, etc. He was the son of Mary, a woman apparently of some means and influence, and was probably born in Jerusalem, where his mother resided (Acts 12:12). Of his father we know nothing. He was cousin of Barnabas (Col. 4:10). It was in his mother’s house that Peter found “many gathered together praying” when he was released from prison; and it is probable that it was here that he was converted by Peter, who calls him his “son” (1 Pet. 5:13). It is probable that the “young man” spoken of in Mark 14:51, 52 was Mark himself. He is first mentioned in Acts 12:25. He went with Paul and Barnabas on their first journey (about A.D. 47) as their “minister,” but from some cause turned back when they reached Perga in Pamphylia (Acts 12:25; 13:13). Three years afterwards a “sharp contention” arose between Paul and Barnabas (15:36-40), because Paul would not take Mark with him. He, however, was evidently at length reconciled to the apostle, for he was with him in his first imprisonment at Rome (Col. 4:10; Philemon 1:24). At a later period he was with Peter in Babylon (1 Pet. 5:13), then, and for some centuries afterwards, one of the chief seats of Jewish learning; and he was with Timothy in Ephesus when Paul wrote him during his second imprisonment (2 Tim. 4:11). He then disappears from view.