March Definition

märch

marched, marches, marching

verb

marched, marches, marching

To walk with regular, steady steps of equal length, usually in a group or military formation.

Webster's New World

To walk steadily and rhythmically forward in step with others.

American Heritage

To cause (troops, etc.) to march.

Webster's New World

To begin to move in such a manner.

The troops will march at dawn.

American Heritage

To walk in a grave, stately way.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Antonyms:
retreat
halt
pause

noun

marches

The act of marching.

Webster's New World

A regular forward movement; steady advance; progress.

The march of events.

Webster's New World

A regular, steady step or pace.

Webster's New World

The distance covered in a period of marching.

A day's march.

Webster's New World

A composition in regularly accented, usually duple meter that is appropriate to accompany marching.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
processional
wedding-march
martial music
hike
trek
walk
month that comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb
windy month
lent
beginning of spring
spring month
mar
marching music
Master of Architecture
marching

pronoun

The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April. Abbreviation: Mar or Mar.

Wiktionary

A surname for someone born in March, or for someone living near a boundary (marche).

Wiktionary

idiom

on the march

Advancing steadily; progressing:
Technology is on the march.

American Heritage

steal a march on

To get ahead of, especially by quiet enterprise.

American Heritage

on the march

marching or advancing

Webster's New World

steal a march on

to get an advantage over without being perceived

Webster's New World

the Marches

borderlands between England & Scotland and between England & Wales
Marche

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of March

Noun

Singular:

march

Plural:

marches

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to March

on the march
steal a march on
on the march
steal a march on
the Marches

Origin of March

Middle English marchen from Middle French marcher (“to march, to walk"), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample"), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot"), from Proto-Germanic *markō, akin to Persian مرز (marz), from Proto-Indo-European *mereg- (“edge, boundary"). Akin to Old English mearc, Ä¡emearc "mark, boundary".

From Wiktionary
From Middle English marche (“tract of land along a country's border"), from Old French marche (“boundary, frontier"), from Frankish *marka, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mereg- (“edge, boundary").

From Wiktionary
From Middle English March(e), from Anglo-Norman Marche, from Old French marz, from Latin mārtius, from earlier Mavors.

From Wiktionary
Middle English marchen from Old French marchier from Frankish markōn to mark out merg- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Anglo-Norman from Latin Mārtius (mēnsis) (month) of Mars from Mārs Mārt- Mars

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old French marche of Germanic origin merg- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition