1
: having an identifying mark
marked playing cards
2
or
ˈmär-kəd 
: having a distinctive or emphasized character
has a marked drawl
3
a
: enjoying fame or notoriety
Winning the tournament made her a marked woman.
b
: being an object of attack, suspicion, or vengeance
To his enemies, the rebel leader was a marked man.
4
: overtly signaled by a linguistic feature
with most English nouns the plural is the marked number
marked
2 of 2past tense of mark entry 2
Examples of marked in a Sentence
Adjective
He speaks with a marked accent.
There was a marked change in her attitude.
There's been a marked improvement in the weather.
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Adjective
Last year’s second-round pick, Ladd McConkey, set Chargers rookie records for receptions and receiving yards while Quentin Johnston showed marked improvement in all statistical categories in his second season, but the former first-round pick still struggled with consistency in big games.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Yet, the Central Bank was forced to sell some $3 billion in about a month in order to maintain the peso-dollar exchange rate relatively stable, generating a marked sense of uncertainty and anxiety among Argentine investors.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
This group has seen a marked increase in Christian identification, rising from 19 percent in October 2018 to an even greater majority among religious Gen Zers in December 2024.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Those that consumed methanol showed a marked increase in the levels of pheromones known to be involved with the elaborate fruit fly courtship rituals.
—ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Marked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marked. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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marked
adjective1
: having an identifying mark
a marked card
2
: noticeable, conspicuous
speaks with a marked accent
3
a
: being a person on whom attention is focused
b
: being an object of attack or suspicion
a marked man
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