MARKED

marked

Verb

marked

Adjective

  1. Having a visible or identifying mark.
    1. Of a playing card: having a secret mark on the back for cheating.
  2. Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.
    The eighth century BC saw a marked increase in the general wealth of Cyprus.
  3. Of a word, form, or phoneme: distinguished by a positive feature.
    e.g. in author and authoress, the latter is marked for its gender by a suffix.
  4. singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.
    A marked man.


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