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# marking

noun (a marking, markings; marking, uncountable); verb form (-ing of mark)

«marking» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Markings are the lines, spots or patterns on an animal, road, plane or object. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marking/#m1)
2. Marking is a teacher's work of checking and scoring pupils' work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marking/#m2)
3. In sport, marking means staying close to a player of the other team to stop them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marking/#m3)
4. As a verb form, marking means putting a mark on something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marking/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science, animal markings help with camouflage or warning (a tiger's stripes, a wasp's yellow and black). On roads, markings such as zebra crossings and lines keep people safe. At school, "marking" is the teacher correcting books. Phrases: "road markings", "marking scheme", "marking the work".

### Examples

- The tiger's markings help it hide in the grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marking/#x1)
- The teacher spent the evening marking our tests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marking/#x2)
- Road markings show where to stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marking/#x3)
- The puppy has white markings on its paws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marking/#x4)
- Our coach said "Keep marking number nine!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marking/#x5)
- She is marking the answers with a red pen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marking/#x6)
- The plane had blue markings on its tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marking/#x7)
- One of them was brown all over, but the other had strange markings under his fur, as though long ago he had been spotted, and the spots still showed through. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marking/#x8)

### Note

Usually plural for patterns: "markings". Uncountable for a teacher's work: "a lot of marking". American English says "grading" for checking schoolwork. Spelling: mark + ing.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «marking» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marking/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«marking» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/marking.html) on Mova free.