Mark down

verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To reduce the price of. transitive
  2. 2
    reduce the price of wordnet
  3. 3
    To write a memorandum about. transitive
  4. 4
    To subtract marks or points from, for an error. transitive

    "The writing is good, but I had to mark you down for failing to cite references."

  5. 5
    To write down. transitive
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  1. 6
    To draw a conclusion about something; to consider something to be a certain way. (Typically used with as.) transitive

    "They could not take what he'd become / and mark him down as free, / and so they trapped him with his dream / and nailed him to a tree."

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beat downbookbreakcalendarcalibratecarve

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"The writing is good, but I had to mark you down for failing to cite references."

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