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 mark 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 mark the boundaries of an area before working upon it

• Belarusian: размяча́ць impf (razmjačácʹ), разме́ціць pf (razmjécicʹ)
• Maori: whakaimu (place marks on wood or metal to guide working upon it)
• Polish: wytyczać (pl) impf, wytyczyć pf
• Russian: размеча́ть (ru) impf (razmečátʹ), разме́тить (ru) pf (razmétitʹ)
• Ukrainian: розміча́ти impf (rozmičáty), розмі́тити pf (rozmítyty)

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