Dictionary entry details
• MARCH (noun)
Meaning:
The month following February and preceding April
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Mar; March
Hypernyms ("March" is a kind of...):
Gregorian calendar month (a month in the Gregorian calendar)
Meronyms (parts of "March"):
March equinox; spring equinox; vernal equinox (March 21)
mid-March (the middle part of March)
March 19; Saint Joseph; St Joseph (a Christian holy day)
March 2; Texas Independence Day (Texans celebrate the anniversary of Texas' declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836)
Annunciation; Annunciation Day; Lady Day; March 25 (a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland)
Holonyms ("March" is a part of...):
Gregorian calendar; New Style calendar (the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752)
Meaning:
The act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
marching; march
Context examples:
it was a long march / we heard the sound of marching
Hypernyms ("march" is a kind of...):
walk; walking (the act of traveling by foot)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "march"):
countermarch ((military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route)
goose step (a manner of marching with legs straight and swinging high)
lockstep (a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead)
promenade (a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance)
quick march (marching at quick time)
routemarch (a long training march for troops)
Meaning:
A steady advance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context examples:
the march of science / the march of time
Hypernyms ("march" is a kind of...):
advance; advancement; forward motion; onward motion; procession; progress; progression (the act of moving forward toward a goal)
Meaning:
A procession of people walking together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
the march went up Fifth Avenue
Hypernyms ("march" is a kind of...):
procession (the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "march"):
hunger march (a march of protest or demonstration by the unemployed)
Meaning:
District consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
border district; borderland; marchland; march
Context example:
the Welsh marches between England and Wales
Hypernyms ("march" is a kind of...):
district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)
Meaning:
Genre of music written for marching
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
marching music; march
Context example:
Sousa wrote the best marches
Hypernyms ("march" is a kind of...):
genre; music genre; musical genre; musical style (an expressive style of music)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "march"):
martial music; military march; military music (brisk marching music suitable for troops marching in a military parade)
processional march; recessional march (a march to be played for processions)
Meaning:
A degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Master of Architecture; MArch
Hypernyms ("MArch" is a kind of...):
master's degree (an academic degree higher than a bachelor's but lower than a doctor's)
• MARCH (verb)
Meaning:
March in a procession
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
march; process
Context example:
They processed into the dining room
Hypernyms (to "march" is one way to...):
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "march"):
file (proceed in line)
parade; promenade; troop (march in a procession)
goose step (march in a military fashion)
countermarch (march back along the same way)
debouch; march out (march out (as from a defile) into open ground)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The children march to the playground
Meaning:
Force to march
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria
Hypernyms (to "march" is one way to...):
walk (accompany or escort)
Cause:
march (walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "march"):
frogmarch (march a person against his will by any method)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to march the prisoners
Meaning:
Walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context examples:
He marched into the classroom and announced the exam / The soldiers marched across the border
Hypernyms (to "march" is one way to...):
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "march"):
troop (move or march as if in a crowd)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The children march to the playground
Also:
march on (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)
Meaning:
March in protest; take part in a demonstration
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
demonstrate; march
Context example:
Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle
Hypernyms (to "march" is one way to...):
dissent; protest; resist (express opposition through action or words)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "march"):
picket (serve as pickets or post pickets)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Walk ostentatiously
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
parade; exhibit; march
Context example:
She parades her new husband around town
Hypernyms (to "march" is one way to...):
walk (make walk)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Cause to march or go at a marching pace
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
They marched the mules into the desert
Hypernyms (to "march" is one way to...):
walk (make walk)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The horses march across the field
Meaning:
Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
abut; adjoin; butt; butt against; butt on; edge; border; march
Context examples:
Canada adjoins the U.S. / England marches with Scotland
Hypernyms (to "march" is one way to...):
adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "march"):
neighbor; neighbour (be located near or adjacent to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
