MARK OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mark off mean? 

• MARK OFF (verb)
  The verb MARK OFF has 2 senses:

1. set boundaries to and delimit

2. put a check mark on or near or next to

  Familiarity information: MARK OFF used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARK OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set boundaries to and delimit

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

mark off; mark out

Context example:

mark out the territory

Hypernyms (to "mark off" is one way to...):

bound; confine; limit; restrict; throttle; trammel (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put a check mark on or near or next to

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

check; check off; mark; mark off; tick; tick off

Context example:

mark off the units

Hypernyms (to "mark off" is one way to...):

verify (confirm the truth of)

Verb group:

check; check into; check out; check over; check up on; go over; look into; suss out (examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition)

ascertain; assure; check; control; ensure; insure; see; see to it (be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something)

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

receipt (mark or stamp as paid)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

I want you to take it home with you, and to mark off all the hardware sellers, with their addresses.

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