March (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used without object)
  1. to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
  2. to walk in a stately, deliberate manner: The graduates marched to the front of the auditorium to the music of “Pomp and Circumstance.”
  3. to engage in a procession organized as a demonstration of protest or support (sometimes followed by on): During the trade talks, thousands marched in support of farmers and the farming industry.Municipal workers marched on city hall to protest cuts in garbage collection.
  4. to move aggressively toward a place in preparation for confrontation or battle (followed by on): The angry mob marched on the Bastille.
  5. to go forward; advance; proceed: Time marches on.
verb (used with object)
  1. to cause to march: He marched his troops along the Niagara River toward Buffalo.
noun
  1. the act or course of marching.
  2. the distance covered in a single period of marching: The edge of the desert is three days' march away.
  3. forward movement; advance; progress: The unrestrained march of science and technology may have some alarming social consequences.
  4. a piece of music with a rhythm suited to accompany marching.
  5. a procession organized as a demonstration of protest or support: There were antiwar marches in major cities across the nation.On July 29 there will be a march for universal healthcare.
Idioms
  1. moving ahead; progressing; advancing: Automation is on the march.
  2. to gain an advantage over, especially secretly or slyly.
noun
  1. a tract of land along a border of a country; frontier.
  2. the border districts between England and Scotland, or England and Wales.
verb (used without object)
  1. to touch at the border; border.
noun
  1. the third month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Mar.
noun
  1. U.S. philologist and lexicographer.
  2. U.S. actor.
  3. U.S. army officer (son of Francis Andrew March).
  4. German name of the Morava.
abbreviation
  1. Marchioness.
abbreviation
  1. Master of Architecture.
verb
  1. to walk or proceed with stately or regular steps, usually in a procession or military formation
  2. to make (a person or group) proceed
  3. to traverse or cover by marching
noun
  1. the act or an instance of marching
  2. a regular stride
  3. a long or exhausting walk
  4. advance; progression (of time, etc)
  5. a distance or route covered by marching
  6. a piece of music, usually in four beats to the bar, having a strongly accented rhythm
  7. to gain an advantage over, esp by a secret or underhand enterprise
noun
  1. a frontier, border, or boundary or the land lying along it, often of disputed ownership
verb
  1. to share a common border (with)
noun
  1. the third month of the year, consisting of 31 days
noun
  1. the German name for the Morava (def. 1)
abbreviation for
  1. Master of Architecture
abbreviation for
  1. Marchioness
March (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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