march

Definitions


[mɑːtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- walk in a military manner with a regular measured tread
(e.g: thousands marched behind the coffin)


Phrases:
- march to a different drummer
- on the march

Origin:
late Middle English: from French marcher ‘to walk’ (earlier ‘to trample’), of uncertain origin


[mɑːtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act or instance of marching
(e.g: the relieving force was more than a day's march away)


Phrases:
- march to a different drummer
- on the march

Origin:
late Middle English: from French marcher ‘to walk’ (earlier ‘to trample’), of uncertain origin


[mɑːtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an area of land on the border between two countries or territories, especially between England and Wales or (formerly) England and Scotland
(e.g: the Welsh Marches)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French marche (noun), marchir (verb), of Germanic origin; related to mark


[mɑːtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a country, territory, or estate) have a common frontier with
(e.g: his estate marches with yours)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French marche (noun), marchir (verb), of Germanic origin; related to mark


[mɑːtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the third month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the first month of spring
(e.g: the work was completed in March)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from an Old French dialect variant of marz, from Latin Martius (mensis) ‘(month) of Mars’




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