mark out

English

Verb

mark out (third-person singular simple present marks out, present participle marking out, simple past and past participle marked out)

1. (transitive) to set the boundaries of an area - used of land, wood, metal etc. before working upon it.
2. (transitive) to classify

   I don't want to be marked out as a failure.

3. (transitive) to obliterate or cancel with a mark

   to mark out an item in an account

4. (transitive) to distinguish
   • 2007, Naomi Sakr, Arab Television Today:

     The killing of more than 90 journalists in Iraq in 43 months after the invasion was to mark it out as one of the deadliest conflicts to cover.

Translations

to place marks on wood or metal to guide working upon it

• Maori: whakaimu

Anagrams

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