• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈmɑːkɪŋ/

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• Rhymes:-ɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ

FromMiddle Englishmarking,merking,merkunge, fromOld Englishmearcung, fromProto-West Germanic*markungu, equivalent tomark +‎-ing.

marking (countable anduncountable,pluralmarkings)

1. The action ofmarking.
   • 2011 January 12, Saj Chowdhury, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Liverpool”, inBBC‎^[1]:

     The Seasiders equalised soon after when Gary Taylor-Fletcher made the most of slackmarking to slot home.

2. A mark.
   • 2020 May 20, Ian Prosser, “Comment”, inRail, page 7:

     Social distancing principles form a part of the essential controls needed to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. [...] For example, measures such as signage and floormarkings to provide physical separation will help.

3. The characteristiccolouration andpatterning of ananimal.
4. (graph theory) Anyconfiguration of aPetri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.

marking

1. presentparticiple andgerund ofmark