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Marked

//mɑːkt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a visible or identifying mark.
  2. 2
    Having a visible or identifying mark.; Having a secret mark on the back for cheating.
  3. 3
    Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.

    "The eighth century BC saw a marked increase in the general wealth of Cyprus."

  4. 4
    Distinguished by a positive feature. phoneme

    ""Young" is the marked element of the old/young pair, since the usual way of asking someone's age is "How old are you?"."

  5. 5
    Singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.

    "A marked man."

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  1. 6
    In police livery, as opposed to unmarked. (of a police vehicle)
Adjective
  1. 1
    singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate wordnet
  2. 2
    strongly marked; easily noticeable wordnet
  3. 3
    having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of mark form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From mark (“sign, characteristic, visible impression”) + -ed. Less common disyllabic pronunciation (/ˈmɑː.kɪd/) is likely an analogy derived from markedness (explaining its restriction to sense 2).

Etymology 2

From mark (verb senses) + -ed.

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