MARCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does MArch mean? 

• MARCH (noun)
  The noun MARCH has 7 senses:

1. the month following February and preceding April

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

3. a steady advance

4. a procession of people walking together

5. district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area

6. genre of music written for marching

7. a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture

  Familiarity information: MARCH used as a noun is common.

• MARCH (verb)
  The verb MARCH has 7 senses:

1. march in a procession

2. force to march

3. walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride

4. march in protest; take part in a demonstration

5. walk ostentatiously

6. cause to march or go at a marching pace

7. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

  Familiarity information: MARCH used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The month following February and preceding April

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Mar; March

Hypernyms ("March" is a kind of...):

Gregorian calendar month (a month in the Gregorian calendar)

Meronyms (parts of "March"):

March 2; Texas Independence Day (Texans celebrate the anniversary of Texas' declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836)

March 19; Saint Joseph; St Joseph (a Christian holy day)

mid-March (the middle part of March)

March equinox; spring equinox; vernal equinox (March 21)

Annunciation; Annunciation Day; Lady Day; March 25 (a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland)

Holonyms ("March" is a part of...):

Gregorian calendar; New Style calendar (the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

march; marching

Context example:

we heard the sound of marching

Hypernyms ("march" is a kind of...):

walk; walking (the act of traveling by foot)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "march"):

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)

countermarch ((military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route)

Derivation:

march (march in a procession)

march (force to march)

march (cause to march or go at a marching pace)

march (march in protest; take part in a demonstration)

march (walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A steady advance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the march of time

Hypernyms ("march" is a kind of...):

advance; advancement; forward motion; onward motion; procession; progress; progression (the act of moving forward (as toward a goal))

Sense 4

Meaning:

A procession of people walking together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

the march went up Fifth Avenue

Hypernyms ("march" is a kind of...):

procession (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "march"):

hunger march (a march of protest or demonstration by the unemployed)

Derivation:

march (walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride)

march (march in a procession)

march (force to march)

march (cause to march or go at a marching pace)

march (march in protest; take part in a demonstration)

Sense 5

Meaning:

District consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

border district; borderland; march; marchland

Context example:

the Welsh marches between England and Wales

Hypernyms ("march" is a kind of...):

district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)

Derivation:

march (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Genre of music written for marching

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

march; marching music

Context example:

Sousa wrote the best marches

Hypernyms ("march" is a kind of...):

genre; music genre; musical genre; musical style (an expressive style of music)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "march"):

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)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

MArch; Master of Architecture

Hypernyms ("MArch" is a kind of...):

master's degree (an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree)

• MARCH (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

March in a procession

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

march; process

Context example:

They processed into the dining room

Hypernyms (to "march" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "march"):

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)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The children march to the playground

Derivation:

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

march (a procession of people walking together)

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Force to march

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria

Hypernyms (to "march" is one way to...):

walk (accompany or escort)

Cause:

march (walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "march"):

frogmarch (march a person against his will by any method)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to march the prisoners

Derivation:

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

march (a procession of people walking together)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The soldiers marched across the border

Hypernyms (to "march" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "march"):

troop (move or march as if in a crowd)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The children march to the playground

Also:

march on (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)

Derivation:

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

marcher (walks with regular or stately step)

march (a procession of people walking together)

Sense 4

Meaning:

March in protest; take part in a demonstration

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

demonstrate; march

Context example:

Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle

Hypernyms (to "march" is one way to...):

dissent; protest; resist (express opposition through action or words)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "march"):

picket (serve as pickets or post pickets)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

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

march (a procession of people walking together)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Walk ostentatiously

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

exhibit; march; parade

Context example:

She parades her new husband around town

Hypernyms (to "march" is one way to...):

walk (make walk)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 6

Meaning:

Cause to march or go at a marching pace

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

They marched the mules into the desert

Hypernyms (to "march" is one way to...):

walk (make walk)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The horses march across the field

Derivation:

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

march (a procession of people walking together)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

abut; adjoin; border; butt; butt against; butt on; edge; march

Context example:

England marches with Scotland

Hypernyms (to "march" is one way to...):

adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "march"):

neighbor; neighbour (be located near or adjacent to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

march (district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area)

 Context examples 

March was to take Elizabeth to Hunsford.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

A few minutes later the remainder of the tribe, strung out as it was on the march, trailed in.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

March 8 will be a Sunday, but you may experience exciting developments on Friday, March 6, or Saturday, March 7, as the aspect builds in strength.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He drew on his gloves, closed the door, and marched off down the street.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I tried both ways, and when it came to a sniff or utter mortification and woe, he just threw the grammar on to the floor and marched out of the room.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Faces to the south, then, and quick march!

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Come, now, march,” interrupted he; and I never heard a voice so cruel, and cold, and ugly as that blind man's.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

So they marched away until they came near to Dorothy.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

My aunt, a little ruffled by the combat, marched past them into the house, with great dignity, and took no notice of their presence, until they were announced by Janet.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

They saw him marching out of camp, but they did not see the instant and terrible transformation which took place as soon as he was within the secrecy of the forest.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)