MARCH
What does "MARCH" mean?
To walk with regular, measured steps, especially as a group of soldiers.
Meanings
- To walk in a steady, rhythmic, organized manner, typically with others. The recruits marched across the parade ground at dawn.
- To walk somewhere quickly and with determination, often in anger. She marched into the manager's office and demanded a refund. informal
- An organized walk by many people to protest or make a public statement. Thousands joined the march for clean air.
- A piece of music with a strong regular rhythm, written to be marched to. The band struck up a brass march.
- A border region or frontier district, often disputed. The Welsh marches were heavily fortified. archaic
Word origin
From Old French 'marchier' (to tread, walk), possibly from Frankish 'markon' (to mark out, pace off a border); the 'frontier' sense comes from a separate Germanic root 'marka' meaning boundary.
Remember it
MARCH starts with the same beat the month March gives spring: a steady step into the new season.
A little poem
Boots hit the same drum-
a thousand legs and one will
press the cold ground warm.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is March the bossiest month? It always tells the others to fall in line.
What it teaches
A crowd in step is just one rhythm shared; cadence, not numbers, is what moves a wall.
Quick facts
What does MARCH mean?
To walk with regular, measured steps, especially as a group of soldiers.
Is MARCH a valid word?
Yes — MARCH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MARCH?
MARCH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does MARCH come from?
From Old French 'marchier' (to tread, walk), possibly from Frankish 'markon' (to mark out, pace off a border); the 'frontier' sense comes from a separate Germanic root 'marka' meaning boundary.
What can MARCH teach us?
A crowd in step is just one rhythm shared; cadence, not numbers, is what moves a wall.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.