: a border region : frontier
especially
: a district originally set up to defend a boundary
—usually used in plural
the Welsh marches
marched; marching; marches
: to have common borders or frontiers
a region that marches with Canada in the north and the Pacific in the west
marched; marching; marches
1
: to move along steadily usually with a rhythmic stride and in step with others
2
3
: to stand in orderly array suggestive of marching
1
: to cause to march
marched the children off to bed
2
: to cover by marching : traverse
marched 10 miles
1
: a musical composition that is usually in duple or quadruple time with a strongly accentuated beat and that is designed or suitable to accompany marching
2
a(1)
: the action of marching
(2)
: the distance covered within a specific period of time by marching
(3)
: a regular measured stride or rhythmic step used in marching
b
: forward movement : progress
the march of a movie toward the climax
3
: an organized procession of demonstrators who are supporting or protesting something
Examples of march in a Sentence
Noun (1)
when it was first built, this castle protected what was then the country's northern march
Verb (1)
on the west, Maine marches entirely with the state of New Hampshire
Verb (2)
the band had to practice for hours to be able to march in perfect step
bleary-eyed commuters marching off to the train station for the morning commute
Noun (2)
the march of time
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Charna Flam, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Water temperatures spiked again early this year during Australia’s summer, peaking in March and causing even more bleaching – though its impacts have not yet been fully measured and were not included in this report.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
The characters from Malczewski’s canvases march through successive decades, fighting and fleeing various yokes.
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Charna Flam, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Water temperatures spiked again early this year during Australia’s summer, peaking in March and causing even more bleaching – though its impacts have not yet been fully measured and were not included in this report.
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Noun
The Resurrection of the Christ part 1 will premiere on March 26, 2027, and part 2 will premiere on Thursday, May 6, 2027.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Water temperatures spiked again early this year during Australia’s summer, peaking in March and causing even more bleaching – though its impacts have not yet been fully measured and were not included in this report.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
In a repeat of the blitzkriegs that won Mexico and Peru for Spain, the Iberian conquistadors march north to Beijing, in some scenarios aided by Japanese auxiliaries.
—Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
The characters from Malczewski’s canvases march through successive decades, fighting and fleeing various yokes.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
The Resurrection of the Christ part 1 will premiere on March 26, 2027, and part 2 will premiere on Thursday, May 6, 2027.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Water temperatures spiked again early this year during Australia’s summer, peaking in March and causing even more bleaching – though its impacts have not yet been fully measured and were not included in this report.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
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“March.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/march. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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march
2 of 4 verb1
: to move along with a steady regular stride especially in step with others
2
: to move in a direct purposeful manner : progress
marcher
noun
march
3 of 4 noun1
a
: the action of marching
b
: the distance covered within a period of time by marching
c
: a regular even step used in marching
2
: forward movement : progress
the march of time
3
: a musical piece with a strong regular rhythm that is suitable to march to
March
4 of 4 noun
: the third month of the year
Etymology
Noun
Middle English March "the third month," from early French march (same meaning), derived from Latin martius "of (the god) Mars"
Word Origin
One of the gods worshipped by the ancient Romans was a war god named Mars. In his honor they named one of the months of the year martius, which means "of Mars" or "belonging to Mars." The Latin martius later became march in early French, and it was from early French that the word came into English.
Medical Definition
march
noun
: the progression of epileptic activity through the motor centers of the cerebral cortex that is manifested in localized convulsions in first one and then an adjacent part of the body
the Jacksonian march of convulsions
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