march
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8.2
- noun
- /mɑrtʃ/
- Archaic
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marca (histórica)
- Size and shape of a casserole march.
Examples
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By their line of march, which homesteads are likely to be hit?
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Chakal is on the march.
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We're less than a day's march from the coast.
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I sent him to see if Ben Yusuf was on the march.
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Messengers arrived from the West-march.
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In addition, we figured out how to cut trees in deep ravines left on the original march upslope.
Blog text (23) -
KSU's march to the national title game and Klein's run to the Heisman seemed almost a formality.
Blog text (28) -
Your Holiness, I write to you in this year of our Lord 1758... ...from the southern continent of the Americas, from the town of Asuncion... ...two weeks' march from the great mission of San Miguel.
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She had been having a picnic on a hill in the southern marches, toward Rin Renala, under a huge spreading sarisdahn tree that provided shade from both the suns.
Fiction book (1990) -
The ancient castle stood near the border, on the eastern march between the two kingdoms.
Synonyms
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1.5
An area of a town or city used for local government
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5.6
An area of land near the border between two countries or regions
Land along the border between two countries
An area next to the line between two countries where people live on both sides
Compounds
- UK
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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
Surface Forms
Etymology
March meaning a border region comes from an old Germanic word mark meaning 'boundary', the same idea as the 'mark' in 'Denmark'. So a march was land at the edge of a country, often important for defence.