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Definition of march noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

march

noun
 
 
/mɑːtʃ/
 
/mɑːrtʃ/
Idioms
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  1.  
    [countable] an organized walk by many people from one place to another, in order to protest about something, or to express their opinions
    • protest marches
    • to go on a march
    compare demonstration
    Extra Examples
    • The farmers halted the march outside the Ministry of Agriculture.
    • The march was broken up by police in riot gear.
    • There were in excess of 100 000 people at the march.
    • a march against racism
    • a march for the victims of the war
    Topics Social issuesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hunger
    • peace
    • protest
    • …
    verb + march
    • hold
    • organize
    • stage
    • …
    march + verb
    • mark something
    preposition
    • at a/​the march
    • on a/​the march
    • march against
    • …
    phrases
    • a march past
    See full entry
  2.  
    [countable] an act of marching; a journey made by marching
    • The army began their long march to the coast.
    see also forced march, route march
    Extra Examples
    • The border was still a day's march away.
    • They reached the enemy position after an arduous approach march.
    • Villages in the army's line of march were burned to the ground.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • long
    • steady
    • slow
    • …
    verb + march
    • begin
    • set off on
    preposition
    • on the march
    • march from
    • march of
    • …
    phrases
    • line of march
    • a… march away
    • the march eastward, westward, etc.
    • …
    See full entry
  3. [singular] the march of something the steady development or forward movement of something
    • the march of progress/technology/time
    • the steady march towards equality
  4. [countable] a piece of music written for marching to
    • a funeral march
    • The orchestra struck up a military march.
    see also wedding marchTopics Musicc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • military
    • funeral
    • wedding
    • …
    verb + march
    • compose
    • play
    See full entry
    5. Word Originlate Middle English: from French marcher ‘to walk’ (earlier ‘to trample’), of uncertain origin.
Idioms
on the march
  1. marching somewhere
    • The enemy are on the march.
steal a march (on somebody)
  1. [no passive] to gain an advantage over somebody by doing something before them
    • The company is looking at ways to steal a march on its European competitors.
See march in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee march in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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