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When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the 'freedom of the press' goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.
Vladimir Lenin

Meaning of "mark time" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MARK TIME

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WHAT DOES MARK TIME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mark time in the English dictionary

The first definition of mark time in the dictionary is to move the feet alternately as in marching but without advancing. Other definition of mark time is to act in a mechanical and routine way. Mark time is also to halt progress temporarily, while awaiting developments.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MARK TIME

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MARK TIME

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Synonyms and antonyms of mark time in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mark time» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MARK TIME

Find out the translation of mark time to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mark time from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mark time» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

原地踏步
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tiempo marca
570 millions of speakers

English

mark time
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मार्क समय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

علامة الساعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

знак раз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tempo marca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চিহ্ন সময়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

marquer le pas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanda masa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Marke Zeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マーク時間
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마르크 시간
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tandha wektu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thời gian đánh dấu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறி நேரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिन्ह वेळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Işaretleme zamanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Time Mark
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

znak czasu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

знак раз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

timp marcă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φορά σήμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

merk tyd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

märke tid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mark tid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mark time

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MARK TIME»

The term «mark time» is regularly used and occupies the 100.635 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MARK TIME» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mark time

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QUOTES WITH «MARK TIME»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mark time.
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Vladimir Lenin
When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the 'freedom of the press' goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MARK TIME»

Discover the use of mark time in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mark time and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mark Time: A Gospel for the Hurried
With introductory and concluding comments, the text points to the way in which the teachings and actions of Christ are as relevant to the challenges of the 21st century as they were to the situations of people living 2,000 years ago.
Pamela Smith, 2013
2
The Passion of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark
Contemporary biblical scholarship is divided over this issue of how, exactly, the Passion story developed. Whatever the shape of the story prior to Mark, it must have been imprinted with Christian experience as well as historical memory.
Donald Senior, 1984
3
Dear Mark Twain: Letters from His Readers
Mark time, Mark! The years are going And your hair is silvery growing; Age is flower of Youth full-blown Yielding pain from effort sown. Mark time, Mark! Mark time, Mark! Your years are fifty, Humor pleasant, living thrifty; While your comrades ...
R. Kent Rasmussen, 2013
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Field and Depot Maintenance Manual: Terminal, Telegraph TH-5/TG.
Mark Time Delay VIOA The voltage developed across capacitors C40 and C41 ( para 5 and fig. 14) is applied through grid-current limiting resistor R57 to the grid (pin 2) of mark time delay VI0A. During the transition from a space to a mark ...
‎1961
5
The Student's Guide to Marching
At a slow tempo, the knee pop mark time is easy to perform and understand. After the first down beat, the opposite knee pops out on the upbeat and the heel articulates on the next downbeat; this continues in an Knee as orderly manner. As the ...
Chris Previc, 2006
6
The Gospel of Mark
Mark's time reference is then to the 13th of Nisan. If the crucifixion was on the eve of a Sabbath (15:42, Friday), then by our calendar Mark 14:1 would refer to the day extending from Tuesday sunset to Wednesday sunset. John, who stresses ...
John R. Donahue, Daniel J. Harrington, 2005
7
The Origins of Mark: The Markan Community in Current Debate
It means that only the reader in Mark's time (as Kee has constructed it) is in a position to "get" the book. "Let the reader understand" is Mark's way of winking at the reader in Mark's time, letting that reader know that the true interpretation of ...
Dwight N. Peterson, 2000
8
The Ethics of Mark's Gospel: In the Middle of Time
as the Ground for Ethics We have seen that in Mark time passes; there is movement, and different things happen before and after each other. Mark certainly has no interest in presenting a connected chronological account, but notations of ...
Dan O. Via, 2005
9
The Gospel of Mark: A Mahayana Reading
... passage was written from the perspective of one who had witnessed the series of wars and rebellions that led up to and followed the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE and thus the reference is most concretely to the events of Mark's time.
John Keenan, 2005
10
Preaching Mark in Two Voices
The two are bound together in Mark's time; we must not separate them in ours. When we preach from his text, our spiritual voice must always be shaped with a social and political edge, informed by the politics of Mark's time, illuminated by the ...
Brian K. Blount, Gary W. Charles, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MARK TIME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mark time is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jeb Bush promises to end 'era of excuses'
"In my eight years in office, we just didn't mark time, we built those years with hard work and real reform," he said. "It wasn't always a smooth ... «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
2
Man Booker chair Marina Warner: 'I desperately wanted to be a saint'
"There was a lot of singing of French hymns as we marched into class," and she stops to mark time on the pavement, alarming passers-by with ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
3
"Strangely Familiar," John Raymond in "Foreign Territory" at the …
The album's 9 tracks include six Raymond originals, two improvisations from the band, and one cover, the late Kenny Wheeler's "Mark Time. «Jazz Police, Jul 15»
4
Forest Rose Productions Taps Sequential Artist / Illustrator David …
The audio drama received a 2015 Mark Time Ogle Award for excellence in audio storytelling and was featured as an “Official Listening ... «PR Web, Jul 15»
5
Barack Obama's long game
Obama himself has often suggested — as he did again this week — that he aspired to do more than mark time, and instead intended to conduct ... «Politico, Jul 15»
6
Company bring bard's own style to series of park performances
... doubtless be punctuated by improvised silliness as the players repeatedly stop the show and mark time in deference to the deafening planes, ... «The Columbian, Jul 15»
7
Workplace social and email disruption costs US companies $300 …
... hours of workplace data, workers can track how they work over a period of time, track Outlook meetings and mark time away from their PC. «ZDNet, Jul 15»
8
Some animals' internal clocks follow a different drummer
No one knows how the insects mark time, says chronobiologist Barbara Helm of the University of Glasgow. Experiments suggest that animals ... «Science News, Jul 15»
9
Your Writing Sucks: 5 Great Ways To Improve It
... more than likely get overwhelmed and not read them all. Mark time in your personal calendar for reading, and stick to it as much as possible. «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»
10
Gold & Silver Market Morning
Silver– Silver will mark time with gold until next week. Subscribe www.SilverForecaster.com. Regards,. Julian D.W. Phillips for the Gold & Silver ... «Gold Seek, Jul 15»

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