Definition for: march

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Pronunciation

• ( RP ): IPA: /mɑːtʃ/ , SAMPA: /mA:tS/
• ( US ): AHD: märch , IPA: /mɑrtʃ/ , SAMPA: /mArtS/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)tʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle French marcher , to march, to walk, from Old French marchier , to stride, to march, to trample, perhaps from Frankish * markon , to mark, to press with the foot, from Proto-Germanic * marko , from Proto-Indo-European * mereg- , edge, boundary

Noun

march ( plural marches )

1. A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
2. A political rally or parade
3. Steady forward movement or progression.

   The march of time.

4. ( obsolete ) Smallage.

Synonyms

• ( steady forward movement or progression ): process

Derived terms

• marching orders
• quick march
• steal a march on

Translations

formal, rhythmic way of walking

political rally or parade

song in the genre of music written for marching

steady forward movement or progression

obsolete: smallage

See smallage

• Breton : kan-bale m . , kanoù-bale pl .
• Bulgarian : марш (marš) m . , маршируване (marširuvane) n .
• Czech : pochod m .
• Estonian : marss
• Finnish : marssi
• German : Marsch m . , Märsche pl .
• Lithuanian : maršas m .
• Neapolitan : ammarcia f .
• Old English : faru (1)
• Sanskrit : पदयात्रा (padayātrā)
• Slovak : pochod m .

Verb

to march ( third-person singular simple present marches , present participle marching , simple past marched , past participle marched )

1. To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
2. To go to war; to make military advances.

Translations

walk with long, regular strides

go to war; make military advances

• Breton : bale (1); bale war (2)
• Bulgarian : марширувам (marširuvam)
• Catalan : marxar
• Czech : pochodovat
• Estonian : marssima
• Hebrew : צעד (tsa’ad)
• Lithuanian : žygiuoti (1,2), maršuoti (1)
• Romanian : marşa
• Slovak : pochodovať
• Spanish : marchar
• Tagalog : martsa

Etymology 2

From Middle English marche ‘tract of land along a country's border’, from Old French marche , boundary, frontier, from Frankish * marka , from Proto-Germanic * marko , from Proto-Indo-European * mereg- , ‘edge, boundary’.

Noun

march ( plural marches )

1. ( obsolete ) a border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary
2. A region at a frontier governed by a marquess

Synonyms

• ( border region ): frontier

Related terms

• marquess
• marchioness
• marquis
• marquisate

Translations

obsolete: border region

region at a frontier governed by a marquess

• Breton : marz m . , marzoù pl .
• Bulgarian : граница (granítsa) f .
• Czech : pomezí n .
• Estonian : mark
• German : Mark f . , Marken pl . ( obsolete )
• Lithuanian : marka f . (2)
• Neapolitan : mierco m . (1,2)
• Polish : rubierz
• Romanian : marş n .
• Slovak : pomedzie n .

Verb

march

1. ( intransitive ) To have common borders or frontiers

Translations

to have common borders or frontiers

Other Translations for "march"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		march
Hex		ed e1 72 63 e8
Pig Latin		archmay

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