Meaning of "march" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MARCH

From Old French marchier to tread, probably of Germanic origin; compare Old English mearcian to mark1.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MARCH

march  [mɑːtʃ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MARCH

March is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb march in English.

WHAT DOES MARCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

March

March i/mɑrtʃ/ is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of seven months that are 31 days long. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20th or 21st marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March. March starts on the same day of the week as November every year, and February in common years only. March ends on the same day of the week as June every year. In leap years, March starts on the same day as September and December of the previous year. In common years, March starts on the same day as June of the previous year. In leap years, March ends on the same day of the week as April and December of the previous year. In common years, March ends on the same day of the week as September of the previous year. In years immediately before leap years, March starts on the same day of the week as May of the following year.

Definition of march in the English dictionary

The first definition of march in the dictionary is to walk or proceed with stately or regular steps, usually in a procession or military formation. Other definition of march is to make proceed. March is also to traverse or cover by marching.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MARCH

PRESENT

Present

I march

you march

he/she/it marches

we march

you march

they march

Present continuous

I am marching

you are marching

he/she/it is marching

we are marching

you are marching

they are marching

Present perfect

I have marched

you have marched

he/she/it has marched

we have marched

you have marched

they have marched

Present perfect continuous

I have been marching

you have been marching

he/she/it has been marching

we have been marching

you have been marching

they have been marching

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I marched

you marched

he/she/it marched

we marched

you marched

they marched

Past continuous

I was marching

you were marching

he/she/it was marching

we were marching

you were marching

they were marching

Past perfect

I had marched

you had marched

he/she/it had marched

we had marched

you had marched

they had marched

Past perfect continuous

I had been marching

you had been marching

he/she/it had been marching

we had been marching

you had been marching

they had been marching

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will march

you will march

he/she/it will march

we will march

you will march

they will march

Future continuous

I will be marching

you will be marching

he/she/it will be marching

we will be marching

you will be marching

they will be marching

Future perfect

I will have marched

you will have marched

he/she/it will have marched

we will have marched

you will have marched

they will have marched

Future perfect continuous

I will have been marching

you will have been marching

he/she/it will have been marching

we will have been marching

you will have been marching

they will have been marching

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would march

you would march

he/she/it would march

we would march

you would march

they would march

Conditional continuous

I would be marching

you would be marching

he/she/it would be marching

we would be marching

you would be marching

they would be marching

Conditional perfect

I would have march

you would have march

he/she/it would have march

we would have march

you would have march

they would have march

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been marching

you would have been marching

he/she/it would have been marching

we would have been marching

you would have been marching

they would have been marching

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you march
we let´s march
you march

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to march

Past participle

marched

Present Participle

marching

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MARCH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «march» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of march

advance · demo · demonstrate · demonstration · development · evolution · file · flounce · footslog · gait · hike · pace · parade · procession · progress · progression · protest · rally · routemarch · slog · stalk · step · storm · stride · strut · swagger · sweep · tramp · tread · trek · walk · yomp

TRANSLATION OF MARCH

Find out the translation of march to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of march from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «march» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 行军
• Translator English - Spanish: marcha
• English: march
• Translator English - Hindi: मार्च
• Translator English - Arabic: سَيْرٌ
• Translator English - Russian: марш
• Translator English - Portuguese: marcha
• Translator English - Bengali: মার্চ
• Translator English - French: marche
• Translator English - Malay: Berarak
• Translator English - German: Marsch
• Translator English - Japanese: 行進
• Translator English - Korean: 행진
• Translator English - Javanese: Maret
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cuộc diễu hành
• Translator English - Tamil: அணிவகுப்பு
• Translator English - Marathi: मार्च
• Translator English - Turkish: Mart
• Translator English - Italian: marcia
• Translator English - Polish: marsz
• Translator English - Ukrainian: марш
• Translator English - Romanian: marș
• Translator English - Greek: οδοιπορία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Maart
• Translator English - Swedish: marsch
• Translator English - Norwegian: marsj

10 QUOTES WITH «MARCH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word march.

1

Lyman Abbott

Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

2

Lyman Abbott

Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

3

Alejandro Amenabar

In Hollywood you always feel a bit like a hake. The publicists march people up and down in front of you and they interview you... You feel like the turbot and the sea-bream go by, and you're the hake.

4

Shawn Amos

At its best, American music is the soundtrack of our long - and often painful - march toward a more perfect union.

5

Yasser Arafat

The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.

6

Michael Arndt

You never want your second act or the whole movie to just be this relentless march towards its goal. You want things to take the audience by surprise.

7

Jose Maria Aznar

March 11, 2004, now occupies a place in the history of infamy.

8

Ibrahim Babangida

With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history.

9

Helena Blavatsky

The whole order of nature evinces a progressive march towards a higher life.

10

Josh Bowman

March on. Don't look in the rearview, just the windshield.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MARCH»

Discover the use of march in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to march and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

March: Book One:

Many years ago, John Lewis and other student activists drew inspiration from the 1958 comic book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story.

John Robert Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell, 2013

March

From Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story "filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and ...

Geraldine Brooks, 2006

A March of Kings (Book #2 in the Sorcerer's Ring)

It is a fantasy that brings us into a world we will never forget, and which will appeal to all ages and genders. It is 60,000 words. Book #3 in the series will be published soon.

Morgan Rice, 2013

Death March

This edition's new and updated coverage includes: Creating Mission Impossible projects out of DM projectsNegotiating your project's conditions: making the best of a bad situationXP, agile methods, and death march projectsTime management for ...

Edward Yourdon, 2004

The March: A Novel

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER OF THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In 1864, Union general William Tecumseh Sherman marched his sixty thousand troops through Georgia to the sea, and then up into the ...

E.L. Doctorow, 2005

The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality ...

With its insights into contemporary racial politics, "The Unsteady March" offers a penetrating and controversial analysis of American race relations across two centuries.

Philip A. Klinkner, Rogers M. Smith, 2002

The March of Patriots: The Struggle for Modern Australia

The Struggle for Modern Australia Paul Kelly. that it [the crisis] exposes the Howard period or indeed the whole eighteen-year expansion as some kind of illusion is just ridiculous.17 This analysis emphasised the delicacy of Australia's ...

Paul Kelly, 2011

The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre

It's 1770, and fourteen-year-old Rachel Marsh is a servant in the Boston household of John Adams.

Ann Rinaldi, 1993

Back on Murder (A Roland March Mystery Book #1)

Det. Roland March is a homicide cop on his way out.

J. Mark Bertrand, 2010

Bataan Death March: A Survivor's Account

Stanley L. Falk provides a scene-setting introduction for this Bison Books edition. William E. Dyess was born in Albany, Texas. As a young army air forces pilot he was shipped to Manila in the spring of 1941.

William Edwin Dyess, Charles Leavelle

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MARCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term march is used in the context of the following news items.

Toronto Pride Backs Away From Move To Trademark "Dyke March …

The first Dyke March took place in Vancouver in 1981 and Toronto's first trans march happened in 2009. Unlike the main Pride march which ... «BuzzFeed News, Jul 15»

March for Kurdish terror victims turns violent - The Local

Around 1,100 people assembled in the city's Kreuzberg district on Monday evening to march for the victims of a terrorist attack in the Kurdish ... «The Local.de, Jul 15»

Man Trolls KKK March with Sousaphone | Mediaite

A Columbia, SC man trolled last weekend's KKK march using nothing but his wits — and a sousaphone. The KKK, along with various other ... «Mediaite, Jul 15»

Community leaders hold anti-violence march in Southeast D.C. …

Monday night, not far from one of the murder sites, community leaders led a march taking a stand against violence. Many of the city's murders ... «WJLA, Jul 15»

FCC looking at March 2016 start date for major airwaves auction …

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering March 29, 2016 as the start date for a major auction of wireless spectrum. «The Hill, Jul 15»

First Week of March 2016 Options Trading For NetEase (NTES …

Investors in NetEase, Inc (Symbol: NTES) saw new options begin trading this week, for the March 2016 expiration. One of the key inputs that ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»

Some 42,000 start out on Nijmegen four-day march - DutchNews.nl

Nijmegen vierdaagse four day march - Last year's event. Photo: Maurits90 at nl. Some 42,000 walkers started out on 99th edition of the ... «DutchNews.nl, Jul 15»

Tuba player shuts down KKK march with hilarious cartoon music …

Tuba player shuts down KKK march with hilarious cartoon music. Tuesday, July 21, 2015. By Greg Murphy Reporter. Let's be honest, if we could play the tuba ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»

Gauteng municipalities bill 70% of budget by end of March - Creecy …

Johannesburg - By the end of March this year, all Gauteng municipalities had billed 70% of the adjusted R5.1bn budget, Finance MEC Barbara ... «News24, Jul 15»

Man charged with drunken driving in March crash where victims …

Comstock, Mich., Sunday, March 8, 2015. The driver and front seat passenger of the Pontiac were transported to the hospital with serious ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»