March - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |mɑːrtʃ|  American pronunciation of the word march
Brit.  |mɑːtʃ|  British pronunciation of the word march

noun

- the month following February and preceding April (syn: mar)
- the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind) (syn: marching)
it was a long march
we heard the sound of marching
- a steady advance
the march of science
the march of time
- a procession of people walking together
the march went up Fifth Avenue
- district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area (syn: borderland, marchland)
the Welsh marches between England and Wales
- genre of music written for marching
Sousa wrote the best marches
- a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture

verb

- march in a procession (syn: process)
- force to march
The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria
- walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride
He marched into the classroom and announced the exam
The soldiers marched across the border
- march in protest; take part in a demonstration (syn: demonstrate)
- walk ostentatiously (syn: exhibit, parade)
- cause to march or go at a marching pace
They marched the mules into the desert
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary (syn: abut, adjoin, border, butt, edge)
England marches with Scotland

Extra examples

It is a region that marches with Canada in the north and the Pacific in the west.

The troops were (up)on their march to help us.

I knew the elephants would be on the march again before daylight.

I have had a long march to reach this place.

Voltaire's march was prepared for him before he was born.

The winter sun was accomplishing his early march.

No exact description is given of the march of the spasms.

The march of the population in both periods seems to have been nearly the same.

Miss Ophelia marched straight to her own chamber.

She marched up to me and slapped me violently on the face.

Without a strain the great ship marches by.

The army was triumphantly marched into the city.

I should be glad to march you to the gate.

The children were too noisy and had to be marched off to bed.

His symptoms marched rapidly to their result.

Phrasal verbs

march on  — move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
march out  — march out (as from a defile) into open ground

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: march
he/she/it: marches
present participle: marching
past tense: marched
past participle: marched
noun
singular: march
plural: marches
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