"marking" meaning in English

See marking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈmɑːkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: markings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English marking, merking, merkunge, from Old English mearcung, from Proto-West Germanic *markungu, equivalent to mark + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|marking}} Middle English marking, {{inh|en|ang|mearcung}} Old English mearcung, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*markungu}} Proto-West Germanic *markungu, {{af|en|mark|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} mark + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} marking (countable and uncountable, plural markings)
  1. The action of marking. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-marking-en-noun--Ze7t519
  2. A mark. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-marking-en-noun-SmIuk~KN
  3. The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-marking-en-noun-Pv25hFon Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 3 39 47 9
  4. (graph theory) Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Graph theory
    Sense id: en-marking-en-noun-5L1p8k4g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 33 60 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 4 4 28 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 3 39 47 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 32 59 5 Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɑɹkɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈmɑːkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} marking
  1. present participle and gerund of mark Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: mark
    Sense id: en-marking-en-verb-X3eB4oK7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "direct-inverse marking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "double-marking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "e-marking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "exceptional case-marking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "high-marking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "man-marking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "marking blue"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "marking error"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "marking fire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "marking gage"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "marking gauge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "marking knife"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "marking-nut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "marking nut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "marking nut tree"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "marking-nut tree"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "marking out"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "marking pen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "price marking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shared lane marking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "submarking"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɑːkɪŋ/",
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    }
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          "word": "mark"
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      "word": "marking blue"
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      "word": "marking error"
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      "word": "marking fire"
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      "word": "marking knife"
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      "word": "marking-nut"
    },
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      "word": "marking nut"
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      "word": "marking nut tree"
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    {
      "word": "marking-nut tree"
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      "word": "marking out"
    },
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      "word": "marking pen"
    },
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