marching
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march 1
(märch)v. marched, march·ing, march·es
v.intr.
1.
a. To walk steadily and rhythmically forward in step with others.
b. To begin to move in such a manner: The troops will march at dawn.
2.
a. To proceed directly and purposefully: marched in and demanded to see the manager.
b. To progress steadily onward; advance: Time marches on.
3. To participate in an organized walk, as for a public cause.
v.tr.
1. To cause to move or otherwise progress in a steady rhythmical manner: march soldiers into battle; marched us off to the dentist.
2. To traverse by progressing steadily and rhythmically: They marched the route in a day.
n.
Idioms: 1. The act of marching, especially:
a. The steady forward movement of a body of troops.
b. A long tiring journey on foot.
2. Steady forward movement or progression: the march of time.
3. A regulated pace: quick march; slow march.
4. The distance covered within a certain period of time by moving or progressing steadily and rhythmically: a week's march away.
5. Music A composition in regularly accented, usually duple meter that is appropriate to accompany marching.
6. An organized walk or procession by a group of people for a specific cause or issue.
on the march
Advancing steadily; progressing: Technology is on the march.
steal a march on
To get ahead of, especially by quiet enterprise.
[Middle English marchen, from Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn, to mark out; see merg- in Indo-European roots.]
march 2
(märch)n.
1. The border or boundary of a country or an area of land; a frontier.
2. A tract of land bordering on two countries and claimed by both.
intr.v. marched, march·ing, march·es
To have a common boundary: England marches with Scotland.
March
(märch)n.
The third month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. See Table at calendar.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin Mārtius (mēnsis), (month) of Mars, from Mārs, Mārt-, Mars.]
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| Noun | 1. |  marching - the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind); "it was a long march"; "we heard the sound of marching"countermarch - (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route goose step - a manner of marching with legs straight and swinging high lockstep - a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead; "the prisoner's ankles were so chained together that they could only march in lockstep" promenade - a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance quick march - marching at quick time routemarch - a long training march for troops |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
marching
[ˈmɑːrtʃɪŋ] nto give sb his marching orders → envoyer promener qnmarch-past [ˈmɑːrtʃpɑːst] n → défilé m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
marching
:marching orders
pl (Brit) (Mil) → Marschbefehl m; (inf) → Entlassung f; the new manager got his marching → der neue Manager ist gegangen worden (inf); she gave him his marching → sie hat ihm den Laufpass gegeben
marching song
n → Marschlied nt
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