Associations to the word «Marking»

Wiktionary

MARKING, verb. Present participle of mark
MARKING, noun. (uncountable) The action of the verb to mark.
MARKING, noun. A mark
MARKING, noun. The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal

Dictionary definition

MARKING, noun. A distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep".
MARKING, noun. A pattern of marks.
MARKING, noun. Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do".
MARKING, noun. The act of making a visible mark on a surface.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats