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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
marked
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a distinct/marked/conspicuous lack of sth (=very noticeable)
▪ She looked at him with a marked lack of enthusiasm.
a marked preference (=strong and clear)
▪ The animals have a marked preference for woodland.
a marked reduction (=very easy to notice)
▪ There has been a marked reduction in arrests since the ban on alcohol at stadiums.
a marked tendency (=noticeable)
▪ There is a marked tendency for Hollywood marriages to end in divorce.
a marked/dramatic difference (=very noticeable)
▪ There was a marked difference between the two sets of results.
a marked/noticeable improvement (=that people can notice)
▪ Joanna's work showed a marked improvement.
a marked/striking contrast (=very noticeable)
▪ I noticed a marked contrast in his behaviour before and after treatment.
a remarkable/striking/marked similarity (=one that is very noticeable)
▪ This ape's facial expressions show remarkable similarities to ours.
a sharp/dramatic/marked drop in sth
▪ The results showed a sharp drop in profits.
a significant/marked shift (=big and noticeable)
▪ There has been a significant shift in government policy on education.
be marked on a map (=put a mark or symbol on a map to show where something is)
▪ The path is clearly marked on the map.
marked reluctance (=great and noticeable)
▪ People showed a marked reluctance to accept that the situation was serious.
marked (=very noticeable)
▪ Hunting led to a marked decline in bird numbers.
marked (=very noticeable)
▪ There was a marked change in his behaviour.
significant/marked (=definite and noticeable)
▪ Over the last few years, there has been a marked increase in tourism to developing countries.
significant/substantial/marked (=quite big)
▪ Global warming could have a significant effect on agriculture in many parts of the world.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
clearly
▪ There was, however, a clearly marked tendency for this organisation to become more complex as time went on.
▪ Before the goods can be sold, the retailer must ensure that the price is clearly marked.
▪ It is clearly marked, easy to use and at £59.00 remarkably cheap.
▪ Everything falls neatly to hand, and all switches and indicators are clearly marked.
▪ However, the U-pattern shift without clearly marked neutrals does make the work easier.
▪ Unaudited financial data must be clearly marked as such.
▪ The path that the young academic must follow who wants tenure, and still more advancement and fame, is clearly marked.
▪ Shopping Supermarket prices are clearly marked, and the total can be seen on the cash register.
less
▪ Such differences, though they may be less marked when a child is 14, may yet be considerable.
▪ The reaction of spectators was less marked than I had expected.
▪ In one patient symptoms became much less marked after one month but persisted to death at three months.
▪ There was a far less marked drop in overseas membership.
▪ The difference in performance between large and small hardware firms was less marked than for the other sectors.
▪ The magnitude of difference, however, was far less marked than that reported by others.
more
▪ The segregation becomes more marked, the more detailed the level of investigation.
▪ The variations in local government spending on single issues of some political contention are even more marked.
▪ Recent history has, for example, a mass character more marked than the history of earlier times.
▪ But some choices are more meaningful than others, because they are more marked than others.
▪ In some other states, however, the movement towards greater system and central control in this respect was more marked.
▪ The symptoms are generally worse the further you fly and they are more marked after eastward flights than those to the west.
▪ Their level of sophistication in other areas of life has become much more marked.
▪ The concentration of extensive territorial power in the hands of a small number of great nobles became more marked than ever.
most
▪ Congestion of the head is most marked.
▪ Usually of use after the most marked initial swelling and tenderness has begun to decline.
▪ The danger is most marked where the measurement of improvement is subjective.
▪ The most marked effect of the abstinence from sleep with this subject was the presence of hallucinations of sight.
▪ The embryo illustrated demonstrates the most marked cell death that was observed.
▪ In predominantly rural areas these discrepancies are most marked, reflecting a low social valuation of education for girls.
▪ This indeed was one of the most marked steps in the transition from the traditional medieval economy to the modern.
quite
▪ However, these generalizations obscure the pockets of quite marked poverty which also exist in Easton.
▪ Apart from these systemic effects, there may be a quite marked local inflammation with swelling and white-cell infiltration.
▪ The effect can be quite marked, but will depend on the actual geometry of the canopy under test.
▪ The time lag in the nocturnal response is quite marked - averages point nine plus of a second greater.
▪ There were quite marked differences in the overall structure of the bird populations.
▪ Sometimes different sequences may need quite marked adjustment using filters and other devices to achieve the right harmonious effect.
so
▪ On many issues, the convergence with the Liberal Democrats is so marked that there may be mileage in cross-party initiatives.
▪ The total production cost is the sum of these two quantities, giving the line so marked.
▪ Perhaps in no other area of policy has the discontinuity between the present and previous governments been so marked.
▪ The effector processes become slower and less powerful but these effects are not so marked or so consistent.
very
▪ Decorative stylisation is very marked, surfaces are dotted or outline clings round a solid core.
▪ There were very marked peaks in September and April, and both emigration and immigration was noted at each season.
▪ It has been shown that the development of pre-school provision has a very marked effect on later offending.
▪ Despite the variety of sources, the differences were not very marked - the top five were remarkably close in quality.
▪ In the Port this had become very marked.
▪ The change of behaviour in the boys was very marked.
▪ At the level of individual LLMAs there are some very marked differences in age structure.
■ NOUN
change
▪ No very marked change in status has been noted recently.
▪ The local government legislation of the Thatcher administration represents a marked change in Conservative policy.
▪ There has been no marked change in status in recent years, but birds now summer more often.
▪ This era was characterized by a marked change in the nature of the Earth's vegetation.
▪ The fascinating feature of the survey is the marked change of sentiment towards methods of buying life cover in the last year.
▪ The marked change in Sherman's demeanour when he realized that his request was not going to be granted was dramatic.
▪ Elizabeth Mowbray was delighted by the marked change in her daughter that followed Joan's arrival.
▪ For most schools this represents a marked change from previous practice.
contrast
▪ Certainly the results are in marked contrast to those found in a poll conducted by New Scientist in 1973.
▪ Their failure is in marked contrast to the success of the HIDB-sponsored co-operatives in the Western Isles.
▪ McAvennie's second spell at West Ham was in marked contrast to his first.
▪ An entry in the medical officer's report book of January 1906 is in marked contrast.
▪ This is so because of the strongly marked contrast between the opening and responsive phrases in each passage.
▪ There is, too, a marked contrast in landscape history between the west of the county and the east.
▪ Such a marked contrast between the curves seems unlikely to arise unless there are coherent features in the large eddy motion.
▪ The tone of the report and its recommendations were in marked contrast with those of earlier enquiries into child care scandals.
decline
▪ Subsidence claims showed marked decline, but theft claims continue to rise.
▪ New commissions for housing and offices show a marked decline over previous quarters.
▪ During this period the Peregrine Falcon disappeared from Sussex and a marked decline in the Sparrowhawk population occurred.
▪ Measurements of dry weight gain showed a marked decline in relative growth rate below 5°C.
▪ There had been no transformation, as so often there had been, but instead a marked decline in her powers.
degree
▪ By the second year of life the child is capable of physical independence to a marked degree.
▪ This diffuseness was paralleled by a marked degree of confusion over the appropriate research methods to use in empirical studies.
▪ Neither development officer found any marked degree of antipathy or anxiety about the project at this stage.
▪ Only one group use it to any marked degree in navigation.
difference
▪ It also highlights significant regional variations, possibly reflecting a marked difference in schools' approach to discipline.
▪ But despite their close similarity there is a marked difference in emphasis and tone between the two versions.
▪ In 1981 there were marked differences in the marital status of men and women in the older age groups.
▪ Although Sri Lanka was a small island, there were marked differences in local economic structures even within the Sinhala-speaking areas.
▪ Nowhere was this more evident than in the marked differences in the handling of collaboration in the atomic and conventional weapons fields.
▪ There is a very marked difference between the two doctrines.
▪ For this reason there was, in several ways, a marked difference between the two Bonaparte Emperors.
effect
▪ At this level of sensitivity metal objects in the vicinity should have a marked effect if they are moved.
▪ These have a marked effect on the development with increasing Ra.
▪ This can have a marked effect on any investment decision.
▪ The most marked effect of the abstinence from sleep with this subject was the presence of hallucinations of sight.
▪ It has been shown that the development of pre-school provision has a very marked effect on later offending.
▪ This power imbalance is likely to have a marked effect on the attitudes of elders to sharing information about themselves.
▪ The attitudes in this respect even on mere acquaintances can have a marked effect on circumstances.
▪ He also considered that the nature of the terrain in this area may have had a marked effect on forecast wind conditions.
improvement
▪ The first and second-class delivery services have shown a marked improvement over the past two or three years.
▪ With the advent of steam power there was a marked improvement in the movement of coal.
▪ He was given Lach. 0/1 with marked improvement after four doses, one dose daily.
▪ George Birkitt, whose main problem with the lines had been an unwillingness to look at them, showed a marked improvement.
increase
▪ Nationally, there has been a marked increase in the sale and consumption of pies.
▪ A marked increase in their power would challenge what he surely considered his rightful position within the Yorkist polity.
▪ There was also a marked increase during the 1980s in the number of long-term unemployed.
▪ Historically the marked increase in the flow and quality of economic statistics was a valuable outcome of the war effort.
▪ A marked increase in the numbers of nobles had taken place since the early twelfth century.
▪ A marked increase in numbers has occurred recently.
▪ There was a marked increase in rich decoration.
▪ A marked increase in the survival rate for many nesting birds.
lack
▪ At the later session, there was a marked lack on interest in Picasso and Chagall graphics.
man
▪ In his defence, Souness believes his no-nonsense approach has made him a marked man.
▪ He thus became a marked man.
▪ From that time he was dedicated, a marked man.
▪ It was well known that the younger Beaumont twin was a marked man.
▪ Mark Gallagher - marked man today Much ado about nothing!
path
▪ Soon the trail crossed another marked path.
▪ I crept back the few yards to the way marked path and walked on down the track.
▪ Walking: Many miles of marked paths maps are available from the local Tourist Offices.
▪ The marked paths lead to spectacular view points and picturesque mountain villages.
▪ Walking: In Malcesine there are miles of marked paths on the Monte Baldo, reached via cablecar or on foot.
▪ Walking: Gentle rambles along marked paths or more strenuous hikes accompanied by a guide.
preference
▪ Anyway, since those days I've had a marked preference for small frail soft-spoken dentists like Mr Grover.
▪ She develops a typology according to the different parts of speech, and her analyses reveal a marked preference for the verb metaphor.
▪ He found the animals to have a marked preference for woodland borders where they would build their communal nests.
reduction
▪ The new openness meant that there was a marked reduction in the arrests of alleged subversives and in the closures of newspapers.
▪ The 1991 figure of 585 casualties shows a marked reduction of 65 or 10% compared with the 1990 total of 650 casualties.
▪ Helen's frustration with people who don't appreciate her could result in a marked reduction in her tolerance level.
▪ Against this was a marked reduction in psychiatric symptoms, scores declining on average by 40 percent.
▪ There has also been a marked reduction in suspended solid discharges and in alkalinity levels - achieved through several initiatives.
▪ There has consequently been a marked reduction in the amount of public affairs news and analysis published in all popular papers.
reluctance
▪ There is also an apparent marked reluctance on the part of Ministers to agree Moorland Orders.
shift
▪ Since the 1960s there has been a marked shift from moral absolutism to relativism.
tendency
▪ There was, however, a clearly marked tendency for this organisation to become more complex as time went on.
▪ They have a marked tendency to zoom up into a steep climbing attitude if they are allowed to do so.
▪ Unlike sharks, bony fish as a rule have a marked tendency to be flattened in a vertical direction.
▪ In any case, Goblins have a marked tendency to bounce so casualties are probably fewer than one might reasonably expect.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb's card is marked
▪ Your card is marked, Jimbo.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Doctors noted a marked improvement in the patient's condition.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A marked increase in their power would challenge what he surely considered his rightful position within the Yorkist polity.
▪ And here there are marked differences in the way the contributors to this volume see the inner city problem.
▪ As a result, the tendency for waste - especially hazardous waste - to cross borders is especially marked.
▪ He thus became a marked man.
▪ That concentration has become marked in recent elections.
▪ There have been marked increases in professional, managerial, and routine non-manual work.
▪ These have a marked effect on the development with increasing Ra.
▪ This marked urban - rural shift is explained by a number of causes.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Marked

Marked \Marked\ (m[aum]rkt), a. Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence; noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked instance. -- Mark"ed*ly, adv.
--J. S. Mill.

A marked man, a man who is noted by a community, or by a part of it, as, for excellence or depravity; -- usually with an unfavorable suggestion.

Marked

Mark \Mark\ (m[aum]rk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marked (m[aum]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Marking.] [OE. marken, merken, AS. mearcian, from mearc. See Mark the sign.]

  1. To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.

  2. To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader.

  3. To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor.

  4. To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the points in a game of billiards or cards.

  5. To notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note of; to remark; to heed; to regard; as, mark my words. ``Mark the perfect man.'' --Ps. xxxvii. 37. To mark out.

    1. To designate, as by a mark; to select; as, the ringleaders were marked out for punishment.

    2. To obliterate or cancel with a mark; as, to mark out an item in an account.

      To mark time (Mil.), to keep the time of a marching step by moving the legs alternately without advancing.

      Syn: To note; remark; notice; observe; regard; heed; show; evince; indicate; point out; betoken; denote; characterize; stamp; imprint; impress; brand.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
marked

"having a mark," Old English gemearcodan (see mark (v.)). Meaning "clearly defined" (pronounced as two syllables) is from 1795. Related: Markedly. Marked man "one who is watched with hostile intent" is from 1769.

Wiktionary
marked

Etymology 1

  1. 1 Having a visible or identifying mark. 2 # Of a playing card: having a secret mark on the back for cheating. 3 Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous. 4 (context linguistics English) Of a word, form, or phoneme: distinguished by a positive feature. 5 singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance. 6 (qual: of a police vehicle) in police livery, as opposed to unmarked. alt. 1 Having a visible or identifying mark. 2 # Of a playing card: having a secret mark on the back for cheating. 3 Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous. 4 (context linguistics English) Of a word, form, or phoneme: distinguished by a positive feature. 5 singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance. 6 (qual: of a police vehicle) in police livery, as opposed to unmarked. Etymology 2

    v

  2. (en-past of: mark)

WordNet
marked

  1. adj. strongly marked; easily noticeable; "walked with a marked limp"; "a pronounced flavor of cinnamon" [syn: pronounced]

  2. singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate; "a marked man"

  3. having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination; "played with marked cards"; "a scar-marked face"; "well-marked roads" [ant: unmarked]

Gazetteer
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Wikipedia
Marked (documentary)

Marked is a television program produced by NorthSouth Productions for the History channel that premiered August 27, 2009. It explores the world of tattoos belonging to modern day tribes that operate at the edges of society, including motorcycle clubs, urban gangs, and hardcore prisoners.

The show takes the viewer into the minds of members as they explain what the mysterious symbols decorating their bodies mean on the street, and mean to them personally. Initiation rites, turf wars, and the fierce pride of belonging to an outlaw family are all part of the territory. Tattoo artists and cultural experts explain the technique and history behind the ink and the groups it adorns, putting the personal experiences of the main characters into perspective.

Marked (novel)

Marked is the first novel of the House of Night fantasy series written by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast.

Young teenagers are selected to enter a four-year period transformation to a vampyre and marked with the unfilled mark of a crescent moon. Those are sent to their local Houses of Night, private schools directed by vampyres, specialized in helping the adolescents, called fledglings, survive the Change.

Young fledgling Zoey is unusual: unlike other normal fledglings, she bears a filled mark, a sign that the goddess of vampyres, Nyx, has bestowed a great destiny onto her, but she also has to deal with normal high school girl issues:school, boyfriends and the evil popular girl waiting just around the corner.

The book has been translated into more than 20 languages including French, Spanish, German and Chinese.

Marked (disambiguation)

Markedness is the state of being marked.

Marked may also refer to:

  • Marked, a 2009–2010 romance novel series by Sylvia Day
  • Marked (documentary), a 2009 U.S. non-fiction television program on tattoos
  • Marked (novel), a 2007 fantasy novel by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. Part of the House of Night series
  • Zaznamovani ("The Marked"), a 1940 collection of short stories by Bogomir Magajna
  • "Marked", a song by Erika M. Anderson which was released as a single in 2011
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Usage examples of "marked".

The first of the tactical bombardments by Allied heavy bombers, which henceforward were a marked feature, prepared the way.

Its face was an antique white analogue clock with spider-thin baroque hands and the hours marked off in Roman numerals.

A German anatomist, Paul Langerhans, reported in 1869 that amid the ordinary cells of the pancreas were numerous tiny clumps of cells that seemed marked off from the surrounding tissue.

After making appointments, writing schedules, letters, and notes that would allow our household to continue in its predictable harmony, she marked the mirror in her hotel room with an annulling X in bright red lipstick, paid her bill with cash, flirted with, the doorman, and gave a large tip to the boy who brought her the car.

All-seeing Eye be the centre of many concentric circles, beholding equally in perspective the circumference of each, and for accordance with human periods of time measuring off segments by converging radii: separately marked on each segment of the wheel within wheel, in the way of actual fulfilment, as well as type and antitype, will appear its satisfied word of prophecy, shining onward yet as it becomes more and more final, until time is melted in eternity.

Although when the child apperceives a stick as a horse, and the mechanic apperceives it as a lever, each interpretation is valuable within its own sphere, yet there is evidently a marked difference in the ultimate significance of the two interpretations.

As the Serpent extends over both signs, Libra and Scorpio, it has been the gate through which souls descend, during the whole time that those two signs in succession marked the Autumnal Equinox.

Some of the bacteria were marked with a felt pen circles, and inside those one could indeed see some rectangles and geometrically perfect spheres that were interconnected by some strings and pipes.

She handed it to me: air-blue cloth in which the tips of the ballet slippers marked their contours.

Every movement of the winds is not only brought about by changes in the relative weight of the air at certain points, but the winds themselves, owing to the momentum which the air attains by them, serve to bring about alterations in the quantity of air over different parts of the earth, which are marked most distinctly by barometric variations.

We have already marked out the two capes in the Southern hemisphere for three-hourly observations: they must doubtless possess very peculiar barometric characters, stretching as they do into the vast area of the Southern Ocean.

Behind him a hundred or more players in line slowly marched toward the slab of rubber which marked the batting position.

In some cases the idiosyncrasy to belladonna is so marked that violent symptoms follow the application of the ordinary belladonna plaster.

Lady Bellamy could discern every detail of its outline clearly marked by the wet patches on the sheet which was thrown loosely over it.

Dark One marked Blaes as his own, but not of this mind is sheno Darkfriend, Blaes of Matuchin!