March

English Meaning

The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

1. To walk steadily and rhythmically forward in step with others.
2. To begin to move in such a manner: The troops will march at dawn.
3. To proceed directly and purposefully: marched in and demanded to see the manager.
4. To progress steadily onward; advance: Time marches on.
5. To be arranged in an orderly fashion that suggests steady rhythmical progression.
6. To participate in an organized walk, as for a public cause.
7. To cause to move or otherwise progress in a steady rhythmical manner: march soldiers into battle; marched us off to the dentist.
8. To traverse by progressing steadily and rhythmically: They marched the route in a day.
9. The act of marching, especially:
10. The steady forward movement of a body of troops.
11. A long tiring journey on foot.
12. Steady forward movement or progression: the march of time.
13. A regulated pace: quick march; slow march.
14. The distance covered within a certain period of time by moving or progressing steadily and rhythmically: a week's march away.
15. Music A composition in regularly accented, usually duple meter that is appropriate to accompany marching.
16. An organized walk or procession by a group of people for a specific cause or issue.
17. on the march Advancing steadily; progressing: Technology is on the march.
18. steal a march on To get ahead of, especially by quiet enterprise.
19. The border or boundary of a country or an area of land; a frontier.
20. A tract of land bordering on two countries and claimed by both.
21. To have a common boundary: England marches with Scotland.