marching

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: märʹchĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹt͡ʃɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːt͡ʃɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tʃɪŋ

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• Hyphenation: march‧ing

Verb

marching

1. present participle and gerund of march

Noun

marching (countable and uncountable, plural marchings)

1. Action described by the verb "to march".
   • 1862, Various, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 61, November, 1862‎:

     A pianoforte is desirable, to lead the singing, and accompany the plays, gymnastics, frequent marchings, and dancing, when that is taught,—which it should be.

   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):

     But of the marchings and retreatings of these Six-thousand no Xenophon exists. Nothing, but an inarticulate hum, of cursing and sooty frenzy, surviving dubious in the memory of ages!

   • 1917, War Department, Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry‎:

     All steps and marchings executed from a halt, except right step, begin with the left foot.

Adjective

marching (not comparable)

1. That marches.

   a marching band

2. Placed or situated in a line or lines, reminiscent or evocative of marching soldiers.
   • 1961, Colin Thiele, The Sun on the Stubble, Melbourne: Rigby Limited, page 61:

     [T]he occasional trees, the stone-heaps, the marching fences, the stumps, the saplings, the cows, and the feeding sheep.

Derived terms

• Bolivian marching powder (marching powder, Colombian marching powder, Peruvian marching powder)
• file marching
• heavy marching order
• marching ants
• marching band
• marching cubes
• marching girl
• marching malady
• marching money
• marching music
• marching order
• marching orders
• marching-past
• marching regiment
• ray marching
• unmarching

Anagrams

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