1
: having an identifying mark
marked playing cards
2
or
ˈmär-kəd 
: having a distinctive or emphasized character
has a marked drawl
3
a
: enjoying fame or notoriety
Winning the tournament made her a marked woman.
b
: being an object of attack, suspicion, or vengeance
To his enemies, the rebel leader was a marked man.
4
: overtly signaled by a linguistic feature
with most English nouns the plural is the marked number
marked
2 of 2past tense of mark entry 2
Examples of marked in a Sentence
Adjective
He speaks with a marked accent.
There was a marked change in her attitude.
There's been a marked improvement in the weather.
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Most accidents happen when overconfident visitors ignore the rules or stray from marked paths.
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The Enlightenment century saw a marked reduction in judicial violence.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 June 2025
Interestingly, the team’s previous study on the garbage bin-opening cockatoos indicated a nearly identical success rate in their marked birds.
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Adjective
Consensus forecasts predict the company’s overall sales to increase at a mid-teens average rate over the next few years, a marked deceleration from its impressive 30% average growth rate of the past three years.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Most accidents happen when overconfident visitors ignore the rules or stray from marked paths.
—Erica Firpo, AFAR Media, 4 June 2025
The Enlightenment century saw a marked reduction in judicial violence.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 June 2025
Interestingly, the team’s previous study on the garbage bin-opening cockatoos indicated a nearly identical success rate in their marked birds.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 June 2025
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“Marked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marked. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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marked
adjective1
: having an identifying mark
a marked card
2
: noticeable, conspicuous
speaks with a marked accent
3
a
: being a person on whom attention is focused
b
: being an object of attack or suspicion
a marked man
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