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to mark down

to mark down

1 4.8
To use simple symbols in plain text to make it look like formatted text
  • phrasal verb
  • /mɑrk daʊn/
  • Texting
translation icon : formatear
  • You can mark down the important points in your report using the Markdown format.

Examples

  • To create a list in Markdown, you should mark down each item with a dash.

  • Our teacher last year always marked us down for being late.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Mark down the sale as 'Anonymous.'

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Most of you are going to look like the dumbasses you are in the end... mark it down.

    Blog text (15)

  • I mark down in my day planner every time my daughter sees her dad.

    Blog text (11)

  • Mark it down: he's a top 10 NFL draft pick.

    Blog text (15)

  • Juwuan James will not be eligible to attend UT... you can mark that down.

    Blog text (15)

  • Anyway, the question is, do TPGs regard fingerprints on a coin as a "problem" (like being damaged, cleaned, etc.) or do they just mark down the grade?

    Blog text (2)

  • Please mark down the notes using Markdown so they are clearly formatted.

Synonyms

to write up
vsto mark down
38 3.5

Put information into a complete report

focuses on using a lightweight markup to structure and style plain text
to format
vsto mark down
13 3.6

To arrange text and images into a clear layout for printing or display

uses a specific lightweight markup language to create structured and styled text

Surface Forms

mark down infinitive
marked down past
marked down past participle
marking down present participle
marks down third person singular

Morphology

mark + down

Knowing 'mark' and 'down' a B1 learner could plausibly infer a meaning like 'write down' or 'note' (so there is a partial compositional link). However, the specific sense 'to use Markdown (the markup language)' depends on knowledge of the proper name/technical tool and is not predictable from the constituents or their common combinatory patterns, so full understanding requires prior exposure.

Etymology

The verb mark down comes from 'Markdown', a simple system that uses little signs to turn plain words into formatted text. You mark words with small signs like '#' or '*' and put the format 'down' into the text, so it means 'to format text using Markdown'.