"mark off" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "marks off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marking off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marked off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marked off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "mark off (third-person singular simple present marks off, present participle marking off, simple past and past participle marked off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1913, Catholic Encyclopedia/Temple)",
          "text": "The Latin form, templum, from which the English temple is derived, originally signified an uncovered area marked off by boundaries; especially the place marked off by the augurs to be excepted from all profane uses.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education",
          "text": "A society marked off into classes need be specially attentive only to the education of its ruling elements.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To separate by or as with a boundary line."
      ],
      "id": "en-mark_off-en-verb-en:separate",
      "links": [
        [
          "boundary line",
          "boundary line"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To separate by or as with a boundary line."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:separate"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to separate by a boundary",
          "word": "delineate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To indicate as dealt with, as on a list."
      ],
      "id": "en-mark_off-en-verb-cbltvous",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To indicate as dealt with, as on a list."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "sense": "to indicate as dealt with",
          "word": "check off"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mark off"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "marks off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marking off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marked off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "marked off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "mark off (third-person singular simple present marks off, present participle marking off, simple past and past participle marked off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1913, Catholic Encyclopedia/Temple)",
          "text": "The Latin form, templum, from which the English temple is derived, originally signified an uncovered area marked off by boundaries; especially the place marked off by the augurs to be excepted from all profane uses.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education",
          "text": "A society marked off into classes need be specially attentive only to the education of its ruling elements.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To separate by or as with a boundary line."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boundary line",
          "boundary line"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To separate by or as with a boundary line."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:separate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To indicate as dealt with, as on a list."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To indicate as dealt with, as on a list."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to separate by a boundary",
      "word": "delineate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to indicate as dealt with",
      "word": "check off"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mark off"
}