marking

(noun) a distinguishing symbol. Synonyms: marker, mark. Example: "The owner's mark was on all the sheep."

(noun) a pattern of marks.

(noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score. Synonyms: grading, scoring. Example: "What he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do."

(noun) the act of making a visible mark on a surface.

(verb) attach a tag or label to. Synonyms: tag, label, mark. Example: "Label these bottles."

(verb) designate as if by a mark. Synonyms: mark. Example: "This sign marks the border."

(verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense. Synonyms: distinguish, mark, differentiate. Example: "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers."

(verb) mark by some ceremony or observation. Synonyms: commemorate, mark. Example: "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade."

(verb) make or leave a mark on. Synonyms: mark. Examples: "The scouts marked the trail." "Ash marked the believers' foreheads."

(verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful. Synonyms: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark. Examples: "He denounced the government action." "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock."

(verb) notice or perceive. Synonyms: notice, mark, note. Examples: "She noted that someone was following her." "Mark my words."

(verb) mark with a scar. Synonyms: scar, mark, pock, pit. Example: "The skin disease scarred his face permanently."

(verb) make small marks into the surface of. Synonyms: score, nock, mark. Example: "Score the clay before firing it."

(verb) establish as the highest level or best performance. Synonyms: set, mark. Example: "Set a record."

(verb) make underscoring marks. Synonyms: score, mark.

(verb) remove from a list. Synonyms: cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, mark. Example: "Cross the name of the dead person off the list."

(verb) put a check mark on or near or next to. Synonyms: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off, tick. Examples: "Please check each name on the list." "Tick off the items." "Mark off the units."

(verb) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation. Synonyms: grade, score, mark. Examples: "Grade tests." "Score the sat essays." "Mark homework."

(verb) insert punctuation marks into. Synonyms: punctuate, mark.