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marked.

Having a visible or identifying mark.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/mɑːkt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmɑː.kɪd/Received-Pronunciation, sometimes/mɑɹkt/General-American/ˈmɑɹ.kɪd/General-American, sometimes
  1. Having a visible or identifying mark.

  2. Having a visible or identifying mark. Having a secret mark on the back for cheating.

  3. Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.

    The eighth century BC saw a marked increase in the general wealth of Cyprus.
  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. Singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.

    A marked man.
  6. In police livery, as opposed to unmarked. (of a police vehicle)

Where this word comes from

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).

verb/mɑːkt/Received-Pronunciation/mɑɹkt/General-American
  1. simple past and past participle of mark

    form-of · participle · past
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