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march

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: march

1
 vn
walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride
the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)
2
 nv
district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: march
1

v walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride

“He marched into the classroom and announced the exam”
“The soldiers marched across the border”
Types:
troop
move or march as if in a crowd
Type of:
walk
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

v march in a procession

Synonyms:
process
Types:
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file
proceed in line
parade, promenade, troop
march in a procession
goose step
march in a military fashion
countermarch
march back along the same way
debouch, march out
march out (as from a defile) into open ground
Type of:
walk
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

v march in protest; take part in a demonstration

Synonyms:
demonstrate
Types:
picket
serve as pickets or post pickets
Type of:
dissent, protest, resist
express opposition through action or words

v cause to march or go at a marching pace

“They marched the mules into the desert”
Type of:
walk
make walk

v force to march

“The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria”
Types:
frogmarch
march a person against his will by any method
Type of:
walk
accompany or escort

v walk ostentatiously

Synonyms:
exhibit, parade
Type of:
walk
make walk

n the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)

“it was a long march”
“we heard the sound of marching”
Synonyms:
marching
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countermarch
(military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route
goose step
a manner of marching with legs straight and swinging high
lockstep
a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead
promenade
a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance
quick march
marching at quick time
routemarch
a long training march for troops
Type of:
walk, walking
the act of traveling by foot

n a procession of people walking together

“the march went up Fifth Avenue”
Types:
hunger march
a march of protest or demonstration by the unemployed
Type of:
procession
the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation

n genre of music written for marching

“Sousa wrote the best marches”
Synonyms:
marching music
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martial music, military march, military music
brisk marching music suitable for troops marching in a military parade
processional march, recessional march
a march to be played for processions
quickstep
military march accompanying quick time
pibroch
martial music with variations; to be played by bagpipes
dead march, funeral march
a slow march to be played for funeral processions
wedding march
a march to be played for a wedding procession
Type of:
genre, music genre, musical genre, musical style
an expressive style of music

n a steady advance

“the march of science”
“the march of time”
Type of:
advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression
the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
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n district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area

“the Welsh marches between England and Wales”
Synonyms:
border district, borderland, marchland
Type of:
district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

v lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

“England marches with Scotland”
Synonyms:
abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge
Types:
neighbor, neighbour
be located near or adjacent to
Type of:
adjoin, contact, meet, touch
be in direct physical contact with; make contact
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