see|March
English

Pronunciation
a|UK IPA|/m��t�/, SAMPA|/mA:tS/
a|US AHD|märch, IPA|/m�rt�/, SAMPA|/mArtS/
audio|en-us-March.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)t�|-��(r)t�

Etymology 1
MF. term|marcher|lang=frm||to march, to walk, from OF. term|marchier||to stride, to march, to trample, perhaps from Frankish *term||markon|to mark, to press with the foot, from PG. *term||marko, from PIE. *term||mereg-|edge, boundary

Noun
en-noun|es

1. A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremony|ceremonies.
2. A political rally or parade
3. Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see w:March (music)|Wikipedia's article on this type of music)
4. Steady forward movement or progression.

#: The march of time.

1. obsolete smallage|Smallage.

Synonyms
sense|steady forward movement or progression process
sense|political rally protest, parade, rally
sense|steady forward movement advancement, progression
sense|smallage smallage

Derived terms
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w:Bonus March|Bonus March
w:Cape Town Peace March|the Cape Town Peace March
w:Carnival Road March|Carnival Road March
column of march
concert march
cortical march
countermarch
dead march
death march
double march
dyke march
epileptic march
flank march
force-march
forced march
freedom march
fore-march
frog-march, frog march, frog's march
funeral march
gain a march on, get a march on
w:Global Marijuana March|Global Marijuana March
w:Godless Americans March on Washington|Godless Americans March on Washington
grand march
w:Green March|Green March
w:Horsemeat March|Horsemeat March
hour of march
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hunger march
in a full march
in march
Jacksonian march
w:Jäger March|the Jäger March
w:Jarrow March|Jarrow March
Jarvis march
w:July 1 marches|July 1 Marches
line of march
w:Long March|the Long March
make a march
w:March Against Fear|March Against Fear
march battalion
w:March for Life|March for Life
w:March for Sultan Abdul-Mejid|March for Sultan Abdul-Mejid
w:March for Women's Lives|March for Women's Lives
march fracture
march haemoglobinuria, march hemoglobinuria
March King|The March King
w:March of Dimes|March of Dimes
march of intellect
w:March of Maedhros|March of Maedhros
march of mind
w:March of the Living|March of Remembrance and Hope
w:March of the Living|March of the Living
w:March of the Soviet Tankmen|March of the Soviet Tankmen
w:The March of the Volunteers|The March of the Volunteers
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march-on
w:March on Rome|March on Rome
w:March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom|March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
march-order
march out
march-past
march-time
march tumor, march tumour
march to a different beat, march to a different drummer
military march
w:Millennium March|Millennium March
w:Million Dads March Network|Million Dads March Network
w:Million Man March|Million Man March
w:Global Marijuana March|Million Marijuana March
w:Million Mom March|Million Mom March
w:Million Worker March|Million Worker March
minute of march
w:Mud March|Mud March
w:Notre Dame Victory March|Notre Dame Victory March
on a march
on the march
Orange march
outmarch<!--noun-->
peace march
w:People on the March|People on the March
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w:Persian March|Persian March
Pride march
w:The Prince of Denmark's March|The Prince of Denmark's March
processional march
protest march
quick march
w:Radetzky March|Radetzky March
w:Rákóczi March|Rákóczi March
recessional march
recruitment marches
rogue's march
route march, route-march, routemarch
w:Salt March to Dandi|Salt March to Dandi
w:Selma to Montgomery Marches|the Selma to Montgomery Marches
w:Sherman's March to the Sea|Sherman's March to the Sea
w:Slavonic March|Slavonic March
slow march
snowball marches
w:Horsemeat March|Starvation March
steal a march on
upon a march
w:Uygur March|Uygur March
w:Virgin Islands March|the Virgin Islands March
w:Waters of March|Waters of March
wedding march
w:Women's March to Versailles|Women's March to Versailles
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Related terms
démarche
volksmarch

Translations
trans-top|formal, rhythmic way of walking
Catalan: marxa f
Czech: t-|cs|pochod|m
Danish: t-|da|march
Dutch: t+|nl|mars
Estonian: t-|et|marss
Finnish: t-|fi|marssi
French: tø|fr|marche|f
German: t+|de|Marsch|m
Hebrew: צע��� romanization of Hebrew|tse`idá f
Icelandic: t-|is|marsering|f
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Italian: t+|it|marcia|f
Latvian: maršs m
Norwegian: t-|no|marsj|m
Polish: t-|pl|marsz|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|marcha|f
Russian: t+|ru|ма��|m|trmarš|scCyrl
Slovene: marš m
Spanish: t-|es|marcha|f
Swedish: t-|sv|marsch|c
Tagalog: martsa
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trans-top|political rally or parade
Catalan: manifestació f
Danish: t-|da|march
Dutch: t+|nl|mars
Estonian: t-|et|marss
Finnish: t-|fi|marssi
French: t+|fr|défilé|m, t+|fr|manifestation|f
German: t-|de|Parade|f
Hebrew: �צע� (mits'ad) m, צע�� (tseadá) f
Icelandic: t+|is|ganga|f, t-|is|kröfuganga|f
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Italian: t+|it|marcia|f
Norwegian: t-|no|marsj|m
Polish: t-|pl|marsz|m
Portuguese: t-|pt|passeata|f, t+|pt|marcha|f
Russian: t+|ru|ма��|m|trmarš|scCyrl
Spanish: t-|es|marcha|f, t-|es|manifestación|f
Swedish: t-|sv|marsch|c, t+|sv|tåg|n
Tagalog: martsa
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trans-top|song in the genre of music written for marching
Catalan: marxa f
Czech: t-|cs|pochod|m
Danish: t-|da|march
Dutch: t+|nl|mars
Estonian: t-|et|marss
Finnish: t-|fi|marssi
French: t+|fr|marche|f
German: t+|de|Marsch|m, t-|de|Marschmusik|f
Hebrew: ��רש romanization of Hebrew|marsh m
Icelandic: t+|is|mars|m
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Italian: t+|it|marcia|f
Latvian: maršs m
Norwegian: t-|no|marsj|m
Polish: t-|pl|marsz|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|marcha|f
Russian: t+|ru|ма��|m|trmarš|scCyrl
Slovene: marš m
Spanish: t-|es|marcha|f
Swedish: t-|sv|marsch|c
Tagalog: martsa
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trans-top|steady forward movement or progression
Catalan: pas#Catalan|pas m
Danish: t-|da|gang, t+|da|udvikling
Estonian: t-|et|marss
Finnish: t-|fi|marssi
German: t-|de|Fortgang|m, t+|de|Lauf|m
Icelandic: t-|is|gangur|m
Italian: t+|it|marcia|f
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Norwegian: t+|no|gang|m, t-|no|forløp|m
Polish: t-|pl|marsz|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|marcha|f
Russian: �од (�od) m, �е�ение (te�énije) n
Swedish: t-|sv|fortgång|c, t-|sv|framsteg|n, t-|sv|framåtskridande|n, t-|sv|utveckling|c
Tagalog: martsa
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ttbc|Breton: kan-bale m, kanoù-bale p
ttbc|Bulgarian: ма�� (marš) m, ма��и��ване (marširuvane) n
ttbc|Lithuanian: maršas m
ttbc|Neapolitan: ammarcia f
ttbc|Old English: faru (1)
ttbc|Sanskrit: पदयात�रा (paday�tr�)
ttbc|Slovak: pochod m

Verb
en-verb|march|es

1. To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does.
2. To go to war; to make military advances.

Derived terms
dismarch
marcher
marching<!--noun, adjective-->
march off
march on
outmarch<!--verb-->
overmarch
remarch

Translations
trans-top|walk with long, regular strides
Czech: t-|cs|pochodovat
Danish: marchere, udvikle sig (figurative)
Dutch: t-|nl|marcheren
Estonian: marssima
Finnish: t-|fi|marssia
French: t+|fr|marcher
German: t-|de|marschieren
Hebrew: �צע�� romanization of Hebrew|lits`ód
Icelandic: t-|is|marsera|f
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Italian: t-|it|marciare
Norwegian: t-|no|marsjere|m
Polish: t-|pl|maszerowa�
Portuguese: t-|pt|marchar
Russian: ма��и�ова�� (marširovát�)
Slovene: korakati
Spanish: t-|es|marchar
Swedish: t-|sv|marschera, t-|sv|tåga
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trans-top|go to war; make military advances
Danish: marchere, rykke frem
Finnish: t-|fi|marssia
German: in den Krieg ziehen
Hebrew: �צע�� romanization of Hebrew|lits`ód
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Norwegian: t-|no|rykke frem
Portuguese: t-|pt|marchar
Spanish: t-|es|marchar
Swedish: gå i krig
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ttbc|Breton: bale (1); bale war (2)
ttbc|Bulgarian: ма��и��вам (marširuvam)
ttbc|Catalan: marxar
ttbc|Lithuanian: žygiuoti (1,2), maršuoti (1)
ttbc|Romanian: mar�a
ttbc|Slovak: pochodovať
ttbc|Tagalog: martsa

Etymology 2
From ME. term|marche||tract of land along a country's border, from OF. term|marche||boundary, frontier, from Frankish *term||marka, from PG. *term||marko, from PIE. *term||mereg-|edge, boundary.

Noun
en-noun|es

1. obsolete a border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary
2. A region at a frontier governed by a marquess

Synonyms
sense|border region frontier

Derived terms
Lord Warden of the Marches
marcher<!--sic-->
march-gat
march-land
march-man
march parts, march-party
w:March Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary|March Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary
march stone
march-ward
w:Welsh Marches|Welsh Marches

Related terms
w:Marche|Marche
marquess
marchion
marchionat
marchioness
marquis
marquisate
stanmarch

Translations
trans-top|obsolete: border region
Dutch: t-|nl|grensmark
Finnish: t-|fi|rajamaa
German: t+|de|Mark|f
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Italian: t+|it|marca|f
Norwegian: t-|no|grenseland|n
Spanish: t-|es|marca|f
Swedish: t-|sv|gränsland|n
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trans-top|region at a frontier governed by a marquess
Breton marz m, marzoù p
Dutch: t-|nl|mark|n
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Estonian: t-|et|mark
German: t+|de|Mark|f
Spanish: t-|es|marca|f
Swedish: t+|sv|mark|c
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ttbc|Bulgarian: г�ани�а (granítsa) f
ttbc|Czech: pomezí n
ttbc|Lithuanian: marka f (2)
ttbc|Neapolitan: mierco m (1,2)
ttbc|Polish: rubierz
ttbc|Romanian: mar� n
ttbc|Slovak: pomedzie n

Verb
en-verb|marches|marching|marched

1. intransitive To have common borders or frontiers

Translations
trans-top|to have common borders or frontiers
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Swedish: t-|sv|gränsa till
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