march | ||
1. | [ verb ] march in a procession | |
Synonyms: | process | |
Examples: | "They processed into the dining room" |
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Related terms: | walk file parade countermarch debouch goose_step | |
2. | [ noun ] the month following February and preceding April | |
Synonyms: | Mar | |
Related terms: | Gregorian_calendar_month spring Gregorian_calendar Saint_Joseph mid-March Texas_Independence_Day Annunciation | |
3. | [ noun ] the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind) | |
Synonyms: | marching | |
Examples: | "it was a long march" "we heard the sound of marching" |
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Related terms: | walk quick_march routemarch promenade countermarch lockstep goose_step | |
4. | [ verb ] force to march | |
Examples: | "The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria" |
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Related terms: | walk frogmarch | |
5. | [ verb ] walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride | |
Synonyms: | stride | |
Examples: | "He marched into the classroom and announced the exam" "The soldiers marched across the border" |
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Related terms: | walk troop advance | |
6. | [ noun ] (music,fine art) genre of music written for marching | |
Synonyms: | marching_music | |
Examples: | "Sousa wrote the best marches" |
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Related terms: | music genre processional_march funeral_march military_march | |
7. | [ noun ] a steady advance | |
Examples: | "the march of science" "the march of time" |
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Related terms: | progress | |
8. | [ noun ] a procession of people walking together | |
Examples: | "the march went up Fifth Avenue" |
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Related terms: | procession hunger_march | |
9. | [ verb ] walk ostentatiously | |
Synonyms: | parade exhibit | |
Examples: | "She parades her new husband around town" |
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Related terms: | walk parade | |
10. | [ verb ] march in protest; take part in a demonstration | |
Synonyms: | demonstrate | |
Examples: | "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle" |
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Related terms: | protest picket demonstrator | |
11. | [ verb ] cause to march or go at a marching pace | |
Examples: | "They marched the mules into the desert" |
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Related terms: | walk | |
12. | [ verb ] lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | |
Synonyms: | butt adjoin butt_against abut edge butt_on border | |
Examples: | "Canada adjoins the U.S." "England marches with Scotland" |
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Related terms: | touch neighbor boundary_line boundary abutter butt_joint edging | |
13. | [ noun ] (geography) district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area | |
Synonyms: | marchland border_district borderland | |
Examples: | "the Welsh marches between England and Wales" |
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Related terms: | territory geographical_area border | |
14. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2938 | |
15. | [ noun ] (architecture,education) a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture | |
Synonyms: | Master_of_Architecture | |
Related terms: | master's_degree | |
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