march
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
march in a procession
They processed into the dining room
Types & categories
- walk hypernym
- file hyponym
- promenade hyponym
- goose step hyponym
- countermarch hyponym
- debouch hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)
it was a long march
Types & categories
- walk hypernym
- countermarch hyponym
- goose step hyponym
- lockstep hyponym
- promenade hyponym
- quick march hyponym
- routemarch hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
force to march
The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a steady advance
the march of science
Types & categories
- forward motion hypernym
Sense 5 verb
walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride
He marched into the classroom and announced the exam
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
a procession of people walking together
the march went up Fifth Avenue
Types & categories
- procession hypernym
- hunger march hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
march in protest; take part in a demonstration
Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- marching derivation
- demonstration derivation
- march derivation
- protester derivation
Sense 8 noun
district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area
the Welsh marches between England and Wales
Types & categories
- territory hypernym
Related & opposite
- butt derivation
Sense 9 verb
walk ostentatiously
She parades her new husband around town
Types & categories
- walk hypernym
Related & opposite
- parade derivation
Sense 10 noun
genre of music written for marching
Sousa wrote the best marches
Types & categories
- music genre hypernym
- military march hyponym
- processional march hyponym
Sense 11 verb
cause to march or go at a marching pace
They marched the mules into the desert
Types & categories
- walk hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 12 verb
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Canada adjoins the U.S.
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- butt joint derivation
- edging derivation
- border derivation
- borderland derivation
- edge derivation
- abutment derivation
- abutter derivation
- bound derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | marching |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | march |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | file |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | promenade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | goose step |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | countermarch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | debouch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | march |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | march |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | march |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | march |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | march |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | countermarch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | goose step |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lockstep |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | promenade |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | quick march |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | routemarch |
| 3 | causes | Related & opposite | march |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | marching |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | march |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | frogmarch |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | forward motion |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | advance |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | marching |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | march |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | parader |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | troop |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | march |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | march |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | march |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | march |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | march |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | procession |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | hunger march |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | marching |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | demonstration |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | march |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | protester |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | protest |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | picket |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | butt |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | territory |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | parade |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | music genre |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | military march |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | processional march |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | marching |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | march |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | butt joint |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | edging |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | border |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | borderland |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | edge |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | abutment |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | abutter |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | bound |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | contact |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | neighbor |