march
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verb (used without object)
1.
to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
2.
to walk in a stately, deliberate manner.
3.
to go forward; advance; proceed: Time marches on.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cause to march.
noun
5.
the act or course of marching.
6.
the distance covered in a single period of marching.
7.
advance; progress; forward movement: the march of science.
8.
a piece of music with a rhythm suited to accompany marching.
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9.
march on, to march toward, as in protest or in preparation for confrontation or battle: The angry mob marched on the Bastille.
10.
on the march, moving ahead; progressing; advancing: Automation is on the march.
11.
steal a march on, to gain an advantage over, especially secretly or slyly.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English marchen < Middle French march(i)er, Old French marchier to tread, move < Frankish *markōn presumably, to mark, pace out (a boundary); see mark1
1375–1425; late Middle English marchen < Middle French march(i)er, Old French marchier to tread, move < Frankish *markōn presumably, to mark, pace out (a boundary); see mark1
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noun
1.
a tract of land along a border of a country; frontier.
2.
the border districts between England and Scotland, or England and Wales.
verb (used without object)
3.
to touch at the border; border.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English marche < Anglo-French, Old French < Germanic; compare Old English gemearc, Gothic marka boundary; see mark1
1250–1300; Middle English marche < Anglo-French, Old French < Germanic; compare Old English gemearc, Gothic marka boundary; see mark1
n ˈkɒnMarch.
M.Arch.
Master of Architecture.
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march1 (mɑːtʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to walk or proceed with stately or regular steps, usually in a procession or military formation |
| 2. | (tr) to make (a person or group) proceed: he marched his army to the town |
| 3. | (tr) to traverse or cover by marching: to march a route |
| —n | |
| 4. | the act or an instance of marching |
| 5. | a regular stride: a slow march |
| 6. | a long or exhausting walk |
| 7. | advance; progression (of time, etc) |
| 8. | a distance or route covered by marching |
| 9. | a piece of music, usually in four beats to the bar, having a strongly accented rhythm |
| 10. | steal a march on to gain an advantage over, esp by a secret or underhand enterprise |
| [C16: from Old French marchier to tread, probably of Germanic origin; compare Old English mearcian to | |
| 'marcher1 | |
| —n | |
| march2 (mɑːtʃ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: marchland a frontier, border, or boundary or the land lying along it, often of disputed ownership |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (intr; |
| [C13: from Old French marche, from Germanic; related to | |
| March1 (mɑːtʃ) | |
| —n | |
| the third month of the year, consisting of 31 days | |
| [from Old French, from Latin Martius (month) of Mars] | |
| March2 (març) | |
| —n | |
| the German name for the Morava | |
| MArch | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| Master of Architecture | |
| March. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| Marchioness | |
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Word Origin & History
march
early 15c., from M.Fr. marcher "to march, walk," from O.Fr. marchier "to stride, march," originally "to trample," perhaps from Frankish *markon (from source of obsolete M.E. march (n.) "borderland," (see march (n.)). Or possibly from Gallo-Roman *marcare, from L. marcus "hammer,"
via notion of "tramping the feet." Noun meaning "act of marching" is from 1580s. The musical sense first attested 1570s, from notion of "rhythmic drumbeat" for marching. Marching band is attested from 1955.
march
(obs.) "boundary," late 13c. (in ref. to the borderlands beside Wales, rendering O.E. Mercia), from O.Fr. marche "boundary, frontier," from Frank. *marka (cf. O.H.G. marchon "to mark out, delimit," Ger. Mark "boundary;" see mark (1)).
March
c.1200, from Anglo-Fr. marche, from O.Fr. marz, from L. Martius (mensis) "(month) of Mars," from Mars (gen. Martis). Replaced O.E. hreðmonaþ, of uncertain meaning, perhaps from hræd "quick, nimble, ready, active, alert, prompt." For March hare, proverbial type of madness, see mad.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| March. marchioness |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
march
third month of the Gregorian calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war. Originally, March was the first month of the Roman calendar.
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However, he died in his own lands before he could begin his march.
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