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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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Still, Powell downplayed the marked increase in year-ahead inflation expectations.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
Galen quizzes as another newly marked boy, somewhere between my 8 years of age and my brother’s 12, passes us on his way out of the enormous courthouse ahead.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
The House Freedom Caucus—a group of about 30 Republican members of Congress regarded as the party's most conservative faction—released its own budget resolution back in February which featured drastic spending cuts, higher border security funding and a marked increase in the debt ceiling.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
At the same time, there was a marked increase in letter carrier robberies—a 543% boost in letter carrier robberies between 2019 and 2022, with 64 letter carrier robberies in 2019 and 412 letter carrier robberies in 2022.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Still, Powell downplayed the marked increase in year-ahead inflation expectations.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
Galen quizzes as another newly marked boy, somewhere between my 8 years of age and my brother’s 12, passes us on his way out of the enormous courthouse ahead.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
The House Freedom Caucus—a group of about 30 Republican members of Congress regarded as the party's most conservative faction—released its own budget resolution back in February which featured drastic spending cuts, higher border security funding and a marked increase in the debt ceiling.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Marked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marked. Accessed 24 Mar. 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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