marking

About 6.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The action of marking.
2. noun A mark.
3. noun The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
4. noun A symbol or set of letters used to identify the type or identity of an object.

   The markings on the plane identified it as belonging to law enforcement.

5. noun Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.
6. verb present participle and gerund of mark

Similar words

marker tagging flagged tag mark-up hallmark inscription labelling labeling emblem

Often followed by

the of a and out time is in on

Word family

markings