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.