march
1
[ mahrch ]
/ mɑrtʃ /
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
to cause to march.
noun
Idioms for march
Origin of march
1
1375–1425; late Middle English
marchen < Middle French
march(i)er, Old French
marchier to tread, move < Frankish
*markōn presumably, to mark, pace out (a boundary); see
mark1
Words nearby march
Definition for march (2 of 6)
march
2
[ mahrch ]
/ mɑrtʃ /
noun
a tract of land along a border of a country; frontier.
marches,
the border districts between England and Scotland, or England and Wales.
verb (used without object)
to touch at the border; border.
Origin of march
2
1250–1300; Middle English
marche < Anglo-French, Old French < Germanic; compare Old English
gemearc, Gothic
marka boundary; see
mark1
Definition for march (3 of 6)
March
1
[ mahrch ]
/ mɑrtʃ /
noun
the third month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Mar.
Origin of March
1
before 1050; Middle English
March(e) < Anglo-French
Marche; replacing Old English
Martius < Latin, short for
Mārtius mēnsis month of Mars (
Mārti-, stem of
Mārs +
-us adj. suffix)
Definition for march (4 of 6)
March
2
[ mahrch for 1–3; mahrkh for 4 ]
/ mɑrtʃ for 1–3; mɑrx for 4 /
noun
Francis Andrew,1825–1911,
U.S. philologist and lexicographer.
FredricFrederick McIntyre Bickel,1897–1975,
U.S. actor.
Pey·ton Con·way
[peyt-n kon-wey] /ˈpeɪt n ˈkɒn weɪ/,1864–1955,
U.S. army officer (son of Francis Andrew March).
German name of the Morava.
Definition for march (5 of 6)
Definition for march (6 of 6)
M.Arch.
Master of Architecture.
Example sentences from the Web for march
British Dictionary definitions for march (1 of 6)
march
1
/ (mɑːtʃ) /
verb
noun
Derived forms of march
marcher, nounWord Origin for march
C16: from Old French
marchier to tread, probably of Germanic origin; compare Old English
mearcian to
mark
1
British Dictionary definitions for march (2 of 6)
march
2
/ (mɑːtʃ) /
noun
Also called: marchland
a frontier, border, or boundary or the land lying along it, often of disputed ownership
verb
(intr; often foll by upon or with)
to share a common border (with)
Word Origin for march
C13: from Old French
marche, from Germanic; related to
mark
1
British Dictionary definitions for march (3 of 6)
March
1
/ (mɑːtʃ) /
noun
the third month of the year, consisting of 31 days
Word Origin for March
from Old French, from Latin
Martius (month) of Mars
British Dictionary definitions for march (4 of 6)
British Dictionary definitions for march (5 of 6)
MArch
abbreviation for
Master of Architecture
British Dictionary definitions for march (6 of 6)
March.
abbreviation for
Marchioness
Idioms and Phrases with march
march