A mark is a small area of something such as dirt that has accidentally got onto a surface or piece of clothing.

If something marks a surface, or if the surface marks, the surface is damaged by marks or a mark.

A mark is a written or printed symbol, for example a letter of the alphabet.

If you mark something with a particular word or symbol, you write that word or symbol on it.

A mark is a point that is given for a correct answer or for doing something well in an exam or competition. A mark can also be a written symbol such as a letter that indicates how good a student's or competitor's work or performance is.

If someone gets good or high marks for doing something, they have done it well. If they get poor or low marks, they have done it badly.

When a teacher marks a student's work, the teacher decides how good it is and writes a number or letter on it to indicate this opinion.

A particular mark is a particular number, point, or stage which has been reached or might be reached, especially a significant one.

The mark of something is the characteristic feature that enables you to recognize it.

If you say that a type of behaviour or an event is a mark of a particular quality, feeling, or situation, you mean it shows that that quality, feeling, or situation exists.

If something marks a place or position, it shows where something else is or where it used to be.

An event that marks a particular stage or point is a sign that something different is about to happen.

If you do something to mark an event or occasion, you do it to show that you are aware of the importance of the event or occasion.

If a particular quality or feature marks something, it is a quality or feature which that thing typically has.

Something that marks someone as a particular type of person indicates that they are that type of person.

In a team game, when a defender is marking an attacker, they are trying to stay close to the attacker and prevent them from getting the ball.

The mark was the unit of money used in Germany before it was replaced by the euro.

Mark is used before a number to indicate a particular temperature level in a gas oven.

Mark is used before a number to indicate a particular version or model of a vehicle, machine, or device.

If someone or something leaves their mark or leaves a mark, they have a lasting effect on another person or thing.

If you make your mark or make a mark, you become noticed or famous by doing something impressive or unusual.

If you are quick off the mark, you are quick to understand or respond to something. If you are slow off the mark, you are slow to understand or respond to something.

On your marks in British English, or on your mark in American English, is a command given to runners at the beginning of a race in order to get them into the correct position to start.

If something is off the mark, it is inaccurate or incorrect. If it is on the mark, it is accurate or correct.

If something is up to the mark, it is good enough.

If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.

You can say mark you to emphasize and draw attention to something you have just said.