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Definition of Mark off
1. Verb. Set boundaries to and delimit. "Mark out the territory"
Generic synonyms: Bound, Confine, Limit, Restrain, Restrict, Throttle, Trammel
2. Verb. Put a check mark on or near or next to. "Mark off the units"
Related verbs: Check, Check Into, Check Out, Check Over, Check Up On, Go Over, Look Into, Suss Out, Ascertain, Assure, Check, Control, Ensure, Insure, See, See To It
Specialized synonyms: Receipt
Generic synonyms: Verify
Derivative terms: Check
Definition of Mark off
1. Verb. (transitive) To separate by or as with a boundary line. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To indicate as dealt with, as on a list. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mark Off
Literary usage of Mark off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: And Surveying by George Albert Wentworth (1887)
"mark off the number of degrees in the given angle, and draw a line through this
point and the vertex. Fig. 14. Some protractors have an arm which carries a ..."
2. The Jurist by Great Britain Courts (1865)
"To which Mr. Tanner writes an ui which I think is extremely important:—"I (| mark
off the land sold to Mr. Mason, bat In stand the premises proposed to be ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Insurance of Every Kind by Joseph Asbury Joyce (1917)
"And a conditional request which is rejected by insurer leaves the policy in force
as where the request is to mark off the policy, which differs from one to ..."
4. The Monotype System: A Book for Owners & Operators of Monotypes by Lanston Monotype Machine Company (1912)
"Beginning at zero, mark off on the EM SCALE the measures where the different
braces are to be inserted. These mark-offs should include the braces; that is, ..."
5. A Mandarin-Romanized Dictionary of Chinese: Including New Terms and Phrases by Donald MacGillivray (1921)
"... to affix one's signature. draw a plan. mark off, set apart. uniformity, unity.
... mark off ..."
6. The Medical Times and Gazette (1863)
"and seems to mark off the jugal from the maxillary bone. On the right side neither
this suture exists nor any indication of a distinct lachrymal. Fig. ..."
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