March | Mean of march in English Dictionary

/ˈmɑɚtʃ/

• Verb
• to walk with regular steps as a group
1. The band marched onto the field.
2. The soldiers were lined up and ordered to begin marching.
3. Hundreds of people marched in the parade.
• to go into, out of, or through a place as an army
1. The army marched south to cut off the enemy's retreat.
2. Enemy troops were marching on the city. [=they were coming toward the city to attack it]
• to walk with a large group of people who are protesting or supporting something
1. We marched for/against new elections.
2. Demonstrators marched on City Hall to protest the war.

• to walk somewhere quickly in a direct and forceful way
1. He marched angrily out the door.
2. I marched into the office and demanded an answer.
3. She marched right up to me and asked what was wrong.
• to cause or force (a person) to walk somewhere
1. They marched the prisoners through the streets of the city.
2. We marched the children off to bed. [=we made the children go to bed]
• to go or continue onward
1. Time marches on.
2. Governments come and go, but civilization marches on.
• Noun
• an act of walking together as an organized group
1. The soldiers were ordered to begin their march.
• an organized walk by a large group of people to support or protest something
1. a protest march
2. They led a march in support of affirmative action.
• the distance covered by marching for a specified period of time
1. The nearest town was a day's march away.
• forward movement or progress
1. the march of time/civilization
2. Time continues its march onward/forward.
• a piece of music with a strong regular beat that is written to be played while people are marching
1. They played the general's favorite march.
• marching toward a place
1. Thousands of troops were on the march.
• going forward
1. Time is on the march.
• to get ahead of or win an advantage over (someone) in an unexpected and clever way
1. He stole a march on his competitors by being the first to put the product on the market.
• the third month of the year
1. in (early/middle/mid-/late) March
2. early/late in March
3. We arrived on March the fourth. = (US) We arrived on March fourth. = We arrived on the fourth of March.
4. Sales are up (for) this March.
5. It happens every March.