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march noun
1 movement/journey
ADJ. long | brisk | steady | forced | approach They reached the enemy position after an arduous approach march. | fifty-mile, four-day, etc. | two hours, half a day's, etc. The camp was half a day's march away. | northward, southward, etc. | forward, onward (figurative) the forward march of technology | inevitable, inexorable (figurative) the inexorable march of time
VERB + MARCH begin, set off on The army set off on a forced march towards Berlin.
PREP. on the ~ The army has been on the march for two weeks | ~ from the march from Paris to Brittany | ~ of a march of over 30 miles (figurative) the march of history/progress/science | ~ to, ~ towards (figurative) the steady march towards equality
PHRASES line of march Villages in the army's line of march were burned to the ground. | a … march away The border was still a day's march away. | the march eastward, westward, etc.
2 organized walk
ADJ. hunger, peace, protest, victory | anti-racism, pro-democracy, etc.
VERB + MARCH hold, organize, stage | lead | be on, go on, join in, take part in | halt, stop The farmers halted the march outside the Ministry of Agriculture. | break up The march was broken up by police in riot gear.
MARCH + VERB mark sth a march marking the thirtieth anniversary of the shootings
PREP. at/on a/the ~ There were in excess of 100,000 people at the march. | ~ against a march against racism | ~ for a march for the victims of the war | ~ from, ~ of a march of over 6,000 people | ~ to
PHRASES a march past There will be a special march past of competitors.
3 music
ADJ. military | funeral, wedding
VERB + MARCH compose | play | strike up The orchestra struck up a military march.
n.
it was a long march
we heard the sound of marching
the march of science
the march of time
the march went up Fifth Avenue
the Welsh marches between England and Wales
Sousa wrote the best marches
v.
They processed into the dining room
The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria
He marched into the classroom and announced the exam
The soldiers marched across the border
Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle
She parades her new husband around town
They marched the mules into the desert
Canada adjoins the U.S.
England marches with Scotland