1
: having an identifying mark
marked playing cards
2
or
ˈmär-kəd 
: having a distinctive or emphasized character
has a marked drawl
3
a
: enjoying fame or notoriety
Winning the tournament made her a marked woman.
b
: being an object of attack, suspicion, or vengeance
To his enemies, the rebel leader was a marked man.
4
: overtly signaled by a linguistic feature
with most English nouns the plural is the marked number
marked
2 of 2past tense of mark entry 2
Examples of marked in a Sentence
Adjective
He speaks with a marked accent.
There was a marked change in her attitude.
There's been a marked improvement in the weather.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The encouraging signals from both sides of the negotiations were a marked contrast from recent weeks, when Beijing’s announcement of new export restrictions and Trump’s reciprocal threat of staggering new tariffs threatened to plunge the world’s two largest economies back into an all-out trade war.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
The gear shift that Wrexham were going to have to perform in the Championship was always likely to be a marked one.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
This is a marked increase compared to the year prior, which saw an estimated 80 injuries.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent polling shows increasing support among Republicans for the US to continue arming Ukraine’s defense, a marked shift after an extended period of GOP support lagging behind Democrats.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Marked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marked. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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marked
adjective1
: having an identifying mark
a marked card
2
: noticeable, conspicuous
speaks with a marked accent
3
a
: being a person on whom attention is focused
b
: being an object of attack or suspicion
a marked man
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