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march1 definition

march (märc̸h)

intransitive verb

  1. to walk with regular, steady steps of equal length, usually in a group or military formation
  2. to walk in a grave, stately way
  3. to advance or progress steadily

Etymology: Fr marcher < OFr, prob. < Frank *markon < *marka, Mark: orig. sense prob. “to pace off the boundary”

transitive verb

  1. to cause (troops, etc.) to march
  2. to cause or force to go

noun

  1. the act of marching
  2. a regular forward movement; steady advance; progress the march of events
  3. a regular, steady step or pace
  4. the distance covered in a period of marching a day's march
  5. a long, tiring walk
  6. a piece of music, with a steady, even beat, suitable for marching
  7. an organized walk by a number of people demonstrating on some public issue a peace march
march Idioms

on the march

marching; advancing

steal a march on

to get an advantage over without being perceived
march2 definition

march (märc̸h)

noun

  1. a boundary, border, or frontier
  2. a borderland, esp. one in dispute

Etymology: OFr < Frank *marka, mark

intransitive verb

Rare to have a common border (with); border
march Idioms

the Marches

  1. borderlands between England & Scotland and between England & Wales
  2. Le Marche
March definition

March (märc̸h)

noun

the third month of the year, having 31 days: abbrev. Mar, Mr, or M

Etymology: ME < OFr march, marz < L Martius (mensis), (month) of Mars < Mars, Mars

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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