Mark

Mark

a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark" a visible indication made on a surface; "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere" the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember; "it was in London that he made his mark"; "he left an indelible mark on the American theater" a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis formerly the basic unit of money in Germany Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark" a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened); "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring" the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament an indication of damage a marking that consists of lines that cross each other something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run"

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