Definitions for markers
markers
mark·er
Spelling: [mahr-ker]
IPA: /ˈmɑr kər/
Markers is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 163 anagrams from letters in markers (aekmrrs).
Definitions for markers
noun
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a person or thing that marks.
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something used as a mark or indication, as a bookmark or tombstone.
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a person who records the scores, points, etc., as in a game or contest.
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a counter used in card playing.
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Genetics. genetic marker.
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Psychology. an object, as a book or topcoat left at a library table, used to establish territorial possession in a public place.
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Linguistics.
an element of a construction, as a coordinating conjunction, that is not a part of either immediate constituent.
an element that indicates the grammatical class or function of a construction.
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a small radio beacon, automatically operated, used for local navigation of vessels.
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mile-marker.
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Also called marker pen, marking pen. a pen designed for making bold, colorful, or indelible marks, as in making signs or identifying objects.
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Slang.
a debt, especially a gambling debt.
a written or signed promise to pay a debt, especially a gambling debt; a promissory note or IOU.
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Also called marker crude. Commerce. a grade of oil on which prices of other crude oils are based.
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Citizens Band Radio Slang. one's location while driving on a highway, as determined by the nearest milepost.
Origin of markers
First recorded in 1480-90; mark1 + -er1
Examples for markers
In their opinion, this would allow conservatives to lay a marker down on immigration while avoiding a shutdown for the time being.
He had employed a marker, who had just marked nineteen out of the twenty.
“The point of the report is to put down a marker for future generations,” he said.
The first "XV" explaining "Rebeck" has no marker in the original text.
For cheetahs, marker has been at the forefront of educating people in the Middle East.
Tibby put a marker in the leaves of his Chinese Grammar and helped them.
marker attempted to shoot the constable, but his revolver missed fire.
Certainly Democrats laid a marker down for the next two years.
The marker has been moved next to the reference to a dissecting pin in the text.
Jett sees this number as a marker of how much the president allows professionals to do the job.