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marker
/ˈmɑɹkɚ/
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What does marker mean?
noun
- A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen.
- A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores.
- A device that fires a paintball.
More meanings (21)
noun
- Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
- A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for.
- A location on a stage or set where an actor is to stand or move to during a scene, usually indicated by a small X design placed on the floor.
- A direction issued by a camera operator for actors to be on their locations in readiness for a take.
- (slang) Synonym of IOU, an informal record of a debt.
- A free or bound morpheme indicating a grammatical function.
- Ellipsis of discourse marker.
- A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.
- A substance used as an indicator for diagnosis or other analysis, a biomarker.
- The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column or marks the direction of an alignment.
- A sewing machine attachment that creases the fabric to mark a line
- A counter, especially one used in card games or backgammon.
- Any of various objects that mark a place on the landscape, such as a milepost, blaze, or surveyor's cairn.
- Someone who assigns marks on tests, examinations, etc.; a grader.
- The ink marks or residue of a felt-tipped pen.
- (figuratively) A personal favor owed to someone, whether written or not.
- A formal certification that a company was the first to approach a competition authority to reveal the existence of a cartel, generally entitling it to greater leniency during the cartel's dissolution and punishment.
- A player on defense used to mark one or more offensive players.
- (informal) A point, unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- (dated) A player employed by a private club to compete against members.
verb
- To mark or write on (something) using a marker
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmɑɹkɚ/
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A marker may often be combined with the roller to good advantage, as in Fig.
I opened my ninth book at a very special passage, and put the fan in as a marker, to keep the place.
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Now, under one of the hour or duplicate numbers, mark a cross like X. No one but the marker knows the numbers.
Built of black lava rock, this monument serves as a permanent marker for the site and as a reminder of the momentous event that occurred there.
The rows and the proper distances for the plants are designated by a "marker," an implement consisting of several wheels fastened to a frame and drawn by hand.