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Definition of mar verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mar

verb
 
/mɑː(r)/
 
/mɑːr/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they mar
 
/mɑː(r)/
 
/mɑːr/
he / she / it mars
 
/mɑːz/
 
/mɑːrz/
past simple marred
 
/mɑːd/
 
/mɑːrd/
past participle marred
 
/mɑːd/
 
/mɑːrd/
-ing form marring
 
/ˈmɑːrɪŋ/
 
/ˈmɑːrɪŋ/
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  1. mar something to damage something or make something less good or successful synonym blight, ruin
    • The game was marred by the behaviour of rowdy fans.
    Extra Examples
    • A frown marred his handsome features.
    • The meal was marred by the somewhat overenthusiastic waiter.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMar is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • frown
    • violence
    Mar is used with these nouns as the object:
    • beauty
    • image
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    Word OriginOld English merran ‘hinder, damage’, of Germanic origin; probably related to Dutch marren ‘loiter’.
See mar in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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