marked

From mark (“sign, characteristic, visible impression”) +‎ -ed.

Less common disyllabic pronunciation (/ˈmɑː.kɪd/) is likely an analogy derived from markedness (explaining its restriction to sense 2).^[1]

• markèd

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɑːkt/
• (Received Pronunciation, poetry, sometimes for sense 2) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.kɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɑɹkt/

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• (General American, poetry, sometimes for sense 2) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.kɪd/, -əd

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marked (comparative more marked, superlative most marked)

1. Having a visible or identifying mark.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marked

   1. (of a playing card) Having a secret mark on the back for cheating.
3. Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.

   Synonyms: manifest, noticeable, obtrusive, palpable, patent, noted

   The eighth century BC saw a marked increase in the general wealth of Cyprus.

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 137:

     In ancient times, the Romans imported truffles, credited with marked aphrodisiac virtue, from Libya as well as Greece.

   • 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Little passenger traffic and less freight”, in Modern Railways, pages 220–221:

     The drop in merchandise and mineral receipts again reflects the fall in steel output, most marked in the North-East; […] .

   • 2026 January 1, Max Pilley, “MTV shuts down final music-only channels with ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’”, in NME‎^[1]:

     There has been a marked shift in viewing habits since the channels’ heyday, with music videos now more commonly consumed on YouTube and social media rather than television.

4. (linguistics, of a word, form, or phoneme) Distinguished by a positive feature.

   Synonyms: singled out, targeted, positive

   Antonym: unmarked

   "Young" is the marked element of the old/young pair, since the usual way of asking someone's age is "How old are you?".

   • 1968, John Lyons, Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 79:

     It is frequently the case that of two units in contrast (and for simplicity we may restrict ourselves to two-term contrasts) one will be positive, or marked, the other being neutral, or unmarked. […] The plural is positively marked by the final s, whereas the singular is unmarked.

5. Singled out; suspicious; treated with hostility; the object of vengeance.

   A marked man.

   • 1974, Michael Collins, Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys‎^[2], New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, pages 411–412:

     My secret terror for the last six months has been leaving them on the Moon and returning to Earth alone; now I am within minutes of finding out the truth of the matter. If they fail to rise from the surface, or crash back into it, I am not going to commit suicide; I am coming home, forthwith, but I will be a marked man for life and I know it.

6. In police livery, as opposed to unmarked. (of a police vehicle)

• This adjectival sense of this word is sometimes written markèd, with a grave accent. This is meant to indicate that the second e is pronounced as /ɪ/, rather than being silent, as in the verb form. This usage is largely restricted to poetry and other works in which it is important that the adjective's disyllabicity be made explicit (see also above).

• unmarked

• question-marked
• pockmarked
• Spock-marked

From mark (verb senses) +‎ -ed.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɑːkt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɑɹkt/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kt

marked

1. simple past and past participle of mark

• demark

From Old Norse markaðr, marknaðr (“market”), from northern Old French market, from Old French marchiet, from Latin mercātus (“market”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål marked, Swedish marknad, Faroese marknaður, Icelandic markaður.

• IPA^(key): /markəd/, [ˈmɑːɡ̊ð̩]

marked n (singular definite markedet, plural indefinite markeder)

1. market
2. fair
3. emporium

• “marked” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “marked” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

marked

1. (Northern) alternative form of market

From Latin mercatus, via Old French market and Old Norse markaðr and marknaðr.

marked n (definite singular markedet, indefinite plural marked or markeder, definite plural markeda or markedene)

1. a market

• marknad (Nynorsk)

• “marked” in The Bokmål Dictionary.