1 march
Pronounced:
/ˈmɑɚtʃ/
Function:
verbInflected forms:
march·es; marched; march·ingMeaning:
1 [no obj] a : to walk with regular steps as a group : to walk in the regular and organized way of soldiers ▪ The band marched onto the field. ▪ The soldiers were lined up and ordered to begin marching. ▪ Hundreds of people marched in the parade. b always followed by an adverb or preposition : to go into, out of, or through a place as an army ▪ The army marched south to cut off the enemy's retreat. ▪ Enemy troops were marching on the city. [=they were coming toward the city to attack it]
2 [no obj] : to walk with a large group of people who are protesting or supporting something ▪ We marched for/against new elections. ▪ Demonstrators marched on City Hall to protest the war.
3 [no obj] : to walk somewhere quickly in a direct and forceful way ▪ He marched angrily out the door. ▪ I marched into the office and demanded an answer. ▪ She marched right up to me and asked what was wrong.
4 [+ obj] : to cause or force (a person) to walk somewhere ▪ They marched the prisoners through the streets of the city. ▪ We marched the children off to bed. [=we made the children go to bed] —see also frog-march
2 [no obj] : to walk with a large group of people who are protesting or supporting something ▪ We marched for/against new elections. ▪ Demonstrators marched on City Hall to protest the war.
3 [no obj] : to walk somewhere quickly in a direct and forceful way ▪ He marched angrily out the door. ▪ I marched into the office and demanded an answer. ▪ She marched right up to me and asked what was wrong.
4 [+ obj] : to cause or force (a person) to walk somewhere ▪ They marched the prisoners through the streets of the city. ▪ We marched the children off to bed. [=we made the children go to bed] —see also frog-march
march on [phrasal verb]
: to go or continue onward ▪ Time marches on. ▪ Governments come and go, but civilization marches on.
—march·er /ˈmɑɚtʃɚ/ noun plural march·ers [count] ▪ There were hundreds of marchers in the parade. ▪ protest marchers
/ˈmɑɚtʃɚ/ noun plural march·ers [count] ▪ There were hundreds of marchers in the parade. ▪ protest marchers