"Marks" meaning in English

See Marks in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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  1. plural of Mark Tags: form-of, plural Form of: Mark
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Proper name

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  1. A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Mark. Translations (surname): ማርክስ (markəs) (Amharic), مَارْكْس (mārks) [feminine, masculine] (Arabic), Մարքս (Markʻs) (Armenian), Маркс (english: Marks) [feminine, masculine] (Belarusian), Маркс (english: Marks) [feminine, masculine] (Bulgarian), 馬克思 /马克思 (Mǎkèsī) (Chinese Mandarin), მარქსი (marksi) (Georgian), מרקס (marks) [feminine, masculine] (Hebrew), मार्क्स (mārks) [feminine, masculine] (Hindi), マルクス (Marukusu) (Japanese), 마르크스 (Mareukeuseu) (Korean), Маркс (english: Marks) [feminine, masculine] (Macedonian), Маркс (english: Marks) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), මාක්ස් (māks) (Sinhalese), มากซ์ (mâak) (Thai), Маркс (english: Marks) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian), Marx (Vietnamese), Mác (note: phonetic respelling) (Vietnamese)
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  2. A city, the county seat of Quitman County, Mississippi, United States. Categories (place): Cities in Mississippi, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Mississippi, USA, Places in the United States
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  3. (UK, colloquial) Ellipsis of Marks & Spencer, a British multinational retailer. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis Alternative form of: Marks & Spencer (extra: a British multinational retailer) Synonyms: M&S, Marks & Sparks Derived forms: Finlay-Marks syndrome Related terms: Bevis Marks
    Sense id: en-Marks-en-name-bF~DoZ5O Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 17 42 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 2 8 17 11 23 9 3
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          "extra": "a British multinational retailer",
          "word": "Marks & Spencer"
        }
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      ],
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          "ref": "2004 March 6, Sarah Ryle, “Prayer on a G-string at Marks”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2014:",
          "text": "Radice would never sanction an advert like Marks’s now-notorious ‘normal’ lady on the hill.",
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          "ref": "2004 June 5, Anushka Asthana, “My brush with elasticated waistbands and some big pants”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026:",
          "text": "But it was more expensive. At BHS [British Home Stores] I bought a cotton halter neck for £4, at Marks I bought a slightly trendier top for £22.",
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          "ref": "2023 November 11, Ellie Violet Bramley, “How M&S regained its place as UK’s top womenswear retailer”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023:",
          "text": "Where once M&S was seen as a purveyor of clothes that were at best inoffensive or else labelled – in a somewhat sexist manner – “frumpy”, now it is appealing to women who have one eye on Vogue and another on value. She [Catherine Shuttleworth] points anecdotally to “the number of people who have said to me ‘have you been to Marks? It’s absolutely brilliant’.”",
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        "(UK, colloquial) Ellipsis of Marks & Spencer, a British multinational retailer."
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          "word": "M&S"
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          "word": "Marks & Sparks"
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    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "lang_code": "am",
      "roman": "markəs",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "ማርክስ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "roman": "mārks",
      "sense": "surname",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَارْكْس"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "Markʻs",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Մարքս"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "english": "Marks",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "sense": "surname",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "Marks",
      "word": "Маркс"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "english": "Marks",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "sense": "surname",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "Marks",
      "word": "Маркс"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "Mǎkèsī",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "馬克思 /马克思"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "marksi",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "მარქსი"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "marks",
      "sense": "surname",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מרקס"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "mārks",
      "sense": "surname",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मार्क्स"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "Marukusu",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "マルクス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "Mareukeuseu",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "마르크스"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "english": "Marks",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "sense": "surname",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "Marks",
      "word": "Маркс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "Marks",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "sense": "surname",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "translation": "Marks",
      "word": "Маркс"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "lang_code": "si",
      "roman": "māks",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "මාක්ස්"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "mâak",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "มากซ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "Marks",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "sense": "surname",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "Marks",
      "word": "Маркс"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Marx"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "note": "phonetic respelling",
      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Mác"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Marks"
}

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