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March
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- 1 The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox. uncountable, usually
"Holonyms: calendar year; year"
- 2 A surname from Middle English for someone born in March, or for someone living near a boundary (marche). uncountable, usually
- 3 A male given name from English. uncommon, uncountable, usually
"“Kendall told me about a man named March Flack. A radio actor who disappeared years ago. I assumed that was here.”"
- 4 A locality in the Cabonne council area, central New South Wales, Australia. uncountable, usually
- 5 A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4196). uncountable, usually
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- 6 A municipality near Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. uncountable, usually
- 7 An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. uncountable, usually
- 8 An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, United States, named after the month. uncountable, usually
- 1 A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies.
- 2 A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary. archaic, historical, often, plural
"Juan's companion was a Romagnole, / But bred within the March of old Ancona[…]."
- 3 Smallage. obsolete
- 4 a steady advance wordnet
- 5 A journey so walked.
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- 6 A region at a frontier governed by a marquess. historical
- 7 the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind) wordnet
- 8 A political rally or parade.
"Mr. Nelson covered the Selma-to-Montgomery freedom marches, including Bloody Sunday, on March 7, 1965, when 600 marchers were attacked with billy clubs and tear gas."
- 9 a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture wordnet
- 10 Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
- 11 genre of music written for marching wordnet
- 12 Steady forward movement or progression.
"the march of time"
- 13 a procession of people walking together wordnet
- 14 The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
- 15 district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area wordnet
- 16 the month following February and preceding April wordnet
- 1 To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does. intransitive
"The column marching in double file, the instructor commands: […]"
- 2 To have common borders or frontiers intransitive
- 3 lie adjacent to another or share a boundary wordnet
- 4 To cause someone to walk somewhere. transitive
"The old man heaved himself from the chair, seized Jessamy by her pinafore frill and marched her to the house."
- 5 walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride wordnet
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- 6 To go to war; to make military advances.
"The armies drawing constantly nearer to each other, the king advised with his council, whether he should march against the Britons, or sall upon the count of Gharolois."
- 7 walk ostentatiously wordnet
- 8 To make steady progress. figuratively
"Some say history repeats itself, that time is cyclical. Others cling to the notion of progress and change over time. Apparently Nancy Walker marches to a different drummer — marches backwards, that is. Her ideas on art and society seem quaint and odd on the one hand and, on the other, petty and regressive."
- 9 march in a procession wordnet
- 10 force to march wordnet
- 11 cause to march or go at a marching pace wordnet
- 12 march in protest; take part in a demonstration wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“to mark”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc (“mark, boundary”). Compare mark, from Old English mearcian.
From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“to mark”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc (“mark, boundary”). Compare mark, from Old English mearcian.
From Middle English marche (“tract of land along a country's border”), from Old French marche (“boundary, frontier”), from Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”).
From Middle English marche (“tract of land along a country's border”), from Old French marche (“boundary, frontier”), from Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”).
From Middle English merche, from Old English merċe, mereċe, from Proto-West Germanic *marik, from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“sea”). Cognate Middle Low German merk, Old High German merc, Old Norse merki (“celery”). Compare also obsolete or regional more (“carrot or parsnip”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“edible herb, tuber”).
From Middle English March, Marche, borrowed from Anglo-Norman marche, from Old French marz, from Latin mensis Mārtius (“the Martian month”), from earlier Mavors.
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