march
see also: March
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /mɑːtʃ/
  • (America) enPR: märch, IPA: /mɑɹt͡ʃ/
Etymology 1

From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn, from Proto-Germanic *markōną, akin to Persian مرز, from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ-.

Noun

march (plural marches)

  1. A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.
  2. A political rally or parade
    Synonyms: protest, parade, rally
  3. Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
  4. Steady forward movement or progression.
    Synonyms: process, advancement, progression
    the march of time
  5. (euchre) The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
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march (marches, present participle marching; simple past and past participle marched)

  1. (intransitive) To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
  2. (transitive) To cause someone to walk somewhere.
  3. To go to war; to make military advances.
  4. (figurative) To make steady progress.
Translations Translations Etymology 2

From Middle English marche, from Old French marche, from Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ-.

Noun

march (plural marches)

  1. (now archaic, historical, often plural) A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.
    Synonyms: frontier, marchland, borderland
  2. (historical) A region at a frontier governed by a marquess.
  3. Any of various territories with similar meanings or etymologies in their native languages.
    Synonyms: county palatinate, county palatine
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march (marches, present participle marching; simple past and past participle marched)

  1. (intransitive) To have common borders or frontiers
Etymology 3

From Middle English merche, from Old English merċe, mereċe, from Proto-West Germanic *marik, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

march (plural marches)

  1. (obsolete) Smallage.

March
Etymology

From Middle English March, Marche, borrowed from Anglo-Norman marche, from Old French marz, from Latin mensis Mārtius, from earlier Mavors.

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /mɑːt͡ʃ/
  • (America) enPR: märch, IPA: /mɑɹt͡ʃ/
Proper noun
  1. The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April. Abbreviation: Mar or Mar.
  2. Surname for someone born in March, or for someone living near a boundary (marche).
  3. (uncommon) A male given name.
  4. A market town/and/cpar with a town council in Fenland (OS grid ref TL4196).
  5. A mun near Freiburg im Breisgau.
  6. An ucomm in Marshall County, Minnesota.
  7. An ucomm in Dallas County, Missouri, named after the month.
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