march
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2.6
- noun
- /mɑrtʃ/
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manifestación
- The community organized a march to show support for equal rights and social justice.
- a protest march
- organize a march
- marches and demonstrations
It was the Women's March on Saturday.
- It was the Women's March on Saturday.
- The civil rights movement was not a series of marches that changed people's minds.
- But it was a, it was a community organized March in support of black lives.
- It was the March for for jobs and freedom.
- They've been on the marches, they bought the T-shirt, they've got the sticker.
- And you Fast forward to the March on Washington, which is in Washington DC.
- The big question was, was the NSA going to support the March on Washington?
- He's not trying to create the March on Washington or anything.
- Moms to Man Action, March for Our lives, Giffords.
Examples
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Nonconfrontational and well-attended demonstrations were replaced with violent marches involving as few as two hundred labor activists.
Academic text (1999) -
Join community and religious leaders in a march to protest...
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What is his analysis of the of the March on Washington?
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But it was a, it was a community organized March in support of black lives.
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A friend of my father's asked me and his son to come down to a march in town.
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Community members who learned about the march as a result of student outreach also participated.
Academic text (2012) -
It was the March for for jobs and freedom.
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It was the Women's March on Saturday.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads a march calling for equality for African-Americans.
Academic text (2011) -
The 1968 silent protest march in Asuncion was broken up violently by police.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
578
2.5
A public gathering of people who show strong disagreement, like a march
272
3.2
A public meeting where people protest about politics
54
4.1
A line of people or vehicles moving slowly in a ceremony
12
2.8
A public meeting where people gather to show support or opposition without violence
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3.4
A public walk by many people to show they disagree and ask for change
Antonyms
Compounds
- UK
1
5.1
A marching pace faster than walking and slower than running at about 120 steps per minute
The time around March 20 when day and night are nearly equal and spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere
- Jargon
A piece of music that people play while they leave a formal ceremony like a wedding
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
March for a public procession comes from Old French marcher meaning 'to walk', and it brought the image of people walking together in regular steps like soldiers. So a march is a group walking in public to show support or protest.