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march1 / märch/ • v. [intr.] walk in a military manner with a regular measured tread: three companies of soldiers marched around the field. ∎ walk or proceed quickly and with determination: without a word she marched from the room. ∎ [tr.] force (someone) to walk somewhere quickly: she gripped Rachel's arm and marched her out through the doors. ∎ walk along public roads in an organized procession to protest about something: antigovernment protesters marched today through major cities they planned to march on Baton Rouge. ∎ fig. (of something abstract) proceed or advance inexorably: time marches on. • n. [usu. in sing.] an act or instance of marching: the relieving force was more than a day's march away. ∎ a piece of music composed to accompany marching or with a rhythmic character suggestive of marching. ∎ a procession as a protest or demonstration: a protest march. ∎ fig. the progress or continuity of something abstract that is considered to be moving inexorably onward: Marx's theory of the inevitable march of history. PHRASES: march to (the beat of) a different drummer inf. consciously adopt a different approach or attitude from the majority of people; be unconventional. on the march marching: the army was on the march at last. march2 • n. (usu. Marches) a frontier or border area between two countries or territories, esp. between England and Wales or (formerly) England and Scotland: the Welsh Marches. ∎ (the Marches) a region of east central Italy, between the Apennines and the Adriatic Sea; capital, Ancona. Italian name Marche . • v. [intr.] (march with) rare (of a country, territory, or estate) have a common frontier with. |
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"march." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "march." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-march010.html "march." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-march010.html |
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march (Fr. marche, Ger. Marsch, It. marcia). Form of mus. to accompany the orderly progress of large group of people, especially soldiers; one of earliest known mus. forms. Military marches are of 4 kinds: funeral (4/4 time), slow (usually 4/4), quick (2/4 or 6/8), and double-quick. The march entered art mus. in 17th cent. in the works of Couperin and Lully, but there are marches in virginals pieces by Byrd. Marches occur in the operas of Mozart (e.g. Die Entführung, Figaro, Così fan tutte, and Zauberflöte); Schubert wrote Marches militaires and Beethoven incorporated a funeral march into his Eroica sym., as did Chopin into a pf. sonata. Famous operatic marches were written by Meyerbeer, Wagner, and Verdi. It was further developed in the sym. by Berlioz, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, and Elgar. Military marches for concert perf. by sym. orch. were written by Elgar (Pomp and Circumstance) and R. Strauss. Some of the best military marches were written in the 19th cent. by Sousa, Johann Strauss I, and Lanner.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "march." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "march." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-march.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "march." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-march.html |
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March ♂ Transferred use of the surname. This has two origins: as a local name for someone who lived on the border between two territories, especially in the Marches between England and Wales or England and Scotland (from Norman French march ‘boundary’, of Germanic origin); and as a nickname for someone with some association with the month of March (Old French march(e), Latin (mensis) Martius, a derivative of Mars; compare Martin). In part this name may also have been adopted as a first name by association with the female names April, May, and June, bearing in mind that Mars, the roman god of war, after whom the month is named, is male.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "March." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "March." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-March.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "March." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-March.html |
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march v.
1. walk in a military manner with a regular measured tread: they marched past the cemetery. 2. walk or proceed quickly and with determination: without a word she marched from the room. 3. force (someone) to walk somewhere quickly: she gripped Rachel's arm and marched her out through the doors. n. 1. an act or instance of marching: the relieving force was more than a day's march away. 2. a piece of music composed to accompany marching or with a rhythmic character suggestive of marching. 3. a procession as a protest or demonstration: a protest march. on the march marching: the army was on the march at last. |
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"march." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "march." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-march.html "march." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-march.html |
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march in music, composition intended to accompany marching. The only constant characteristics of a march are duple meter and a fairly simple rhythmic design. In mood, marches range from the moving death march in Wagner's Götterdämmerung to the brisk military marches of John Philip Sousa and the martial hymns of the late 19th cent. Examples of the varied use of the march can be found in Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, in the marches militaires of Schubert, in the marche funèbre in Chopin's Sonata in B flat minor, and in the Dead March in Handel's Saul. |
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"march." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "march." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-march.html "march." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-march.html |
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march march to a different drum conform to different principles and practices from those around one; ultimately from Henry David Thoreau Walden (1854).
See also hunger march, Long March at long, an army marches on its stomach. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "march." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "march." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-march.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "march." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-march.html |
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march3 walk in a military manner. XVI. — (O)F. marcher walk, orig. tread, trample:- Gallo-Rom. *marcāre, f. late L. marcus hammer.
Hence (or — F. marche) march sb. XVI. |
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T. F. HOAD. "march." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "march." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-march1.html T. F. HOAD. "march." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-march1.html |
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March1 XII. — OF. march(e), north-eastern var. of marz, (also mod.) mars :- L. Martius lit. ‘(month) of Mars’.
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T. F. HOAD. "March." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "March." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-March.html T. F. HOAD. "March." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-March.html |
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march2 boundary. XIII. — (O)F. marche — Rom. (medL.) marca — Frankish *marka :- Gmc. *markō MARK1.
So vb. border upon. XIV. — OF. marchir. |
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T. F. HOAD. "march." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "march." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-march.html T. F. HOAD. "march." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-march.html |
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March Cambs. Merche 1086 (DB). ‘(Place at) the boundary’. OE mearc in an old locative form.
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A. D. MILLS. "March." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "March." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-March.html A. D. MILLS. "March." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-March.html |
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March
March see Morava , river. |
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"March." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "March." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-MarchRiv.html "March." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-MarchRiv.html |
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March see month . |
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"March." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "March." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-March.html "March." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-March.html |
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march •arch, larch, march, parch, starch
•frogmarch • cornstarch
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"march." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "march." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-march.html "march." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-march.html |
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