MARCH


Meaning of MARCH in English

1. v. & n.

--v.

1. intr. (usu. foll. by away, off, out, etc.) walk in a military manner with a regular measured tread.

2 tr. (often foll. by away, on, off, etc.) cause to march or walk (marched the army to Moscow; marched him out of the room).

3 intr. a walk or proceed steadily, esp. across country. b (of events etc.) continue unrelentingly (time marches on).

4 intr. take part in a protest march.

--n.

1. a the act or an instance of marching. b the uniform step of troops etc. (a slow march).

2 a long difficult walk.

3 a procession as a protest or demonstration.

4 (usu. foll. by of) progress or continuity (the march of events).

5 a a piece of music composed to accompany a march. b a composition of similar character and form.

Phrases and idioms:

marching order Mil. equipment or a formation for marching. marching orders

1. Mil. the direction for troops to depart for war etc.

2 a dismissal (gave him his marching orders).

march on

1. advance towards (a military objective).

2 proceed. march past n. the marching of troops past a saluting-point at a review.

--v.intr. (of troops) carry out a march past. on the march

1. marching.

2 in steady progress.

Derivatives:

marcher n.

Etymology: F marche (n.), marcher (v.), f. LL marcus hammer 2. n. & v.

--n. hist.

1. (usu. in pl.) a boundary, a frontier (esp. of the borderland between England and Scotland or Wales).

2 a tract of often disputed land between two countries.

--v.intr. (foll. by upon, with) (of a country, an estate, etc.) have a common frontier with, border on.

Etymology: ME f. OF marche, marchir ult. f. Gmc: cf. MARK(1)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.