march
Pronunciation: /mɑːtʃ/
The English word “march” has 14 meanings listed here.
noun
- A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies.
- A journey so walked.
- A political rally or parade.
- Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
- Steady forward movement or progression.
- The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
- A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
- A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.
- Smallage.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“to mark”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc (“mark, boundary”). Compare mark, from Old English mearcian. Compare typologically Russian сле́довать (slédovatʹ)…
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