Frommark ( “ sign, characteristic, visible impression ” ) +-ed
Less common disyllabic pronunciation (/ˈmɑː.kɪd/ ) is likely ananalogy derived frommarkedness sense 2 [ 1]
marked (comparative moremarked ,superlative mostmarked )
Having avisible oridentifying mark .Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marked ( of aplaying card ) secret mark on the back forcheating . Clearly evident ;noticeable ;conspicuous .Synonyms: manifest noticeable obtrusive palpable patent noted The eighth century BC saw amarked increase in the general wealth of Cyprus.
1962 Modern Railways , pages220–221 :The drop in merchandise and mineral receipts again reflects the fall in steel output,most marked in the North-East; [...].
( linguistics , of a word, form, or phoneme) Distinguished by apositive feature .Synonyms: singled out targeted "Young" is the marked element of theold/young pair, since the usual way of asking someone's age is "How old are you?".
Singled out ;suspicious ;treated withhostility ; theobject ofvengeance .Amarked man.
Inpolice livery , as opposed tounmarked .( of a police vehicle ) This adjectival sense of this word is sometimes writtenmarkèd grave accent . This is meant to indicate that the seconde is pronounced as/ɪ/ , rather than being silent, as in the verb form. This usage is largely restricted to poetry and other works in which it is important that the adjective'sdisyllabicity be made explicit (see also above). having a visible or identifying mark
of a playing card: having a secret mark on the back for cheating
significant; notable
Bulgarian:забележим (bg) ( zabeležim ) ,значителен (bg) ( značitelen ) Catalan:marcat (ca) Finnish:merkittävä (fi) ,huomattava (fi) Galician:marcado m Hungarian:határozott (hu) ,kifejezett (hu) ,lényeges (hu) ,jelentős (hu) ,feltűnő (hu) ,észrevehető (hu) ,szembeszökő (hu) ,markáns (hu) ,szembetűnő (hu) Swedish:påfallande (sv) ,uppenbar (sv) ,påtaglig (sv)
distinguished by a positive feature
singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance
Frommark ( verb senses ) +-ed
marked
simplepast andpast participle ofmark FromOld Norse markaðr marknaðr ( “ market ” ) , from northernOld French market Old French marchiet Latin mercātus ( “ market ” ) . Cognate withNorwegian Bokmål marked Swedish marknad Faroese marknaður Icelandic markaður
marked n singular definite markedet plural indefinite markeder
market fair emporium marked
( Northern ) Alternative form ofmarket FromLatin mercatus Old French market Old Norse markaðr marknaðr
marked n definite singular markedet indefinite plural marked or markeder definite plural markeda or markedene
amarket 
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