march

[March]

The month following February and preceding April

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The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

Noun
a steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time"

Noun
the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind); "it was a long march"; "we heard the sound of marching"

Noun
a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture

Noun
genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best marches"

Noun
a procession of people walking together; "the march went up Fifth Avenue"

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Noun
district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area; "the Welsh marches between England and Wales"

Noun
the month following February and preceding April

Verb
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"

Verb
walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride; "He marched into the classroom and announced the exam"; "The soldiers marched across the border"

Verb
walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town"

Verb
march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room"

Verb
force to march; "The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria"

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cause to march or go at a marching pace; "They marched the mules into the desert"

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march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle"


n.
The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

n.
A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales.

v. i.
To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side.

v. i.
To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily.

v. i.
To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army marched into France.

v. t.
TO cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force.

n.
The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.

n.
Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward movement.

n.
The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles.

n.
A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form.


March

March , n. [L. Martius mensis Mars'month fr. Martius belonging to Mars, the god of war: cf. F. mars. Cf. Martial.] The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
The stormy March is come at last, With wind, and cloud, and changing skies.
As mad as a March Hare, an old English Saying derived from the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when they are excitable and violent. Wright.

March

March, n. [OE. marche, F. marche; of German origin; cf. OHG. marcha, G. mark, akin to OS. marka, AS. mearc, Goth. marka, L. margo edge, border, margin, and possibly to E. mark a sign. 106. Cf. Margin, Margrave, Marque, Marquis.] A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales.
Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions -- France, Savoy, and Switzerland.
Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles.

March

March, v. i. [Cf. OF. marchir. See 2d March.] To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side. [Obs.]
That was in a strange land Which marcheth upon Chimerie.
To march with, to have the same boundary for a greater or less distance; -- said of an estate.

March

March, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Marching.] [F. marcher, in OF. also, to tread, prob. fr. L. marcus hammer. Cf. Mortar.] 1. To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily. Shak. 2. To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army marched into France.

March

March, v. t. TO cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force.
March them again in fair array.

March

March, n. [F. marche.] 1. The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.
These troops came to the army harassed with a long and wearisome march.
2. Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward movement.
With solemn march Goes slow and stately by them.
This happens merely because men will not bide their time, but will insist on precipitating the march of affairs.
3. The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles. 4. A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form.
The drums presently striking up a march.
To make a march, (Card Playing), to take all the tricks of a hand, in the game of euchre.

The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales.

To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side.

To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily.

TO cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force.

The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.

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Usage Examples

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Peace Corps as it reached its 45th anniversary on March 1, 2006.

Anybody who really knows about the TV business knows that it would be impossible to just march in one day and say to your colleagues and bosses, 'Oh yes, I'm hosting my own show.'

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Beatbullying's 'The Big March 2012' is such a brilliant campaign and I am very proud to be a part of it. I have been a victim of cyber bullying myself and I know firsthand just how hurtful it can be. People think that they can hide behind computers and send nasty and hurtful comments to people, and this is wrong.

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

I woke up full of hate and fear the day before the most recent peace march in San Francisco. This was disappointing: I'd hoped to wake up feeling somewhere between Virginia Woolf and Wavy Gravy.

My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.

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Other Usage Examples

If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future.

Take the decision in early March to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr. It was made apparently without knowledge or understanding of the nature of his movement or how widespread it is.

For centuries, America has led the world on a long march toward freedom and democracy. Let's reclaim our clean energy leadership and lead the world toward clean energy independence.

I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in the Yorkshire spring with a piercing March wind sweeping down from the fells, finding its way inside my clothing, nipping at my nose and ears.

I shall begin my march for Camp tomorrow morning. It was not in my power to move until I could procure shoes for the troops almost barefoot.

One of the things that I think you see sometimes in politics is a certain degree of caution. It's usually advised by consultants who don't want to see you march to the end of a limb.

Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind.

Of all the failed technologies that litter the onward march of science - steam carriages, zeppelins, armoured trains - none has been so catastrophic to prosperity as the last century's attempt to generate electricity from nuclear fission.

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