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Meaning of 'march' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . March [ n.]
- The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
- A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales.
- The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.
- Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward movement.
- The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles.
- A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form.
2 . March [ v. i.]
- To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side.
- To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily.
- To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army marched into France.
3 . March [ v. t.]
- TO cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force.

Meaning of 'march' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . march [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)
Example in sentence:
  • it was a long march;
  • we heard the sound of marching
Meaning (2):
- genre of music written for marching
Example in sentence:
  • Sousa wrote the best marches
Meaning (3):
- a steady advance
Example in sentence:
  • the march of science;
  • the march of time
Meaning (4):
- a procession of people walking together
Example in sentence:
  • the march went up Fifth Avenue
Meaning (5):
- district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area
Example in sentence:
  • the Welsh marches between England and Wales
6 . march [ v]
Meaning (6):
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Example in sentence:
  • Canada adjoins the U.S.;
  • England marches with Scotland
Meaning (7):
- walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride
Example in sentence:
  • He marched into the classroom and announced the exam;
  • The soldiers marched across the border
Meaning (8):
- walk ostentatiously
Example in sentence:
  • She parades her new husband around town
Meaning (9):
- force to march
Example in sentence:
  • The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria
Meaning (10):
- march in a procession
Example in sentence:
  • the veterans paraded down the street;
  • They processed into the dining room
Meaning (11):
- cause to march or go at a marching pace
Example in sentence:
  • They marched the mules into the desert
Meaning (12):
- march in protest; take part in a demonstration
Example in sentence:
  • Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle

Nearby Words:

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