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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'March', 'march': /ˈmɑːtʃ/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/mɑrtʃ/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling'March', 'march': (märch)



Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
March /mɑːtʃ/ n
  1. the third month of the year, consisting of 31 days
Etymology: from Old French, from Latin Martius (month) of Mars
March /març/ n
  1. the German name for the Morava
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
march1 /mɑrtʃ/USA pronunciation  v. 
  1. to walk with regular steps, esp. in step with others:[no object]The soldiers marched down the street.
  2. to proceed in a deliberate manner:[no object]She marched off to bed.
  3. to go forward or advance:[no object]Time marches on.
  4. to take part in an organized march:[no object]They marched for civil rights.
  5. to cause to march:[~ + object]took her arm and marched her out the door.

n. [countable]
  1. the act of marching:daily marches in the Army.
  2. the distance covered in a single period of marching:a day's march.
  3. advance;
    progress:[usually singular]the march of science.
  4. Music and Dancea piece of music with a rhythm suited to go with marching.
  5. a procession organized as a protest or demonstration:a march on Washington.
march•er, n. [countable]

March1 /mɑrtʃ/USA pronunciation   n. [proper noun]
  1. the third month of the year, containing 31 days.
Abbr.: Mar.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
march1  (märch),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade;
    advance in step in an organized body.
  2. to walk in a stately, deliberate manner.
  3. to go forward;
    advance;
    proceed:Time marches on.

v.t. 
  1. to cause to march.
  2. Idiomsmarch on, to march toward, as in protest or in preparation for confrontation or battle:The angry mob marched on the Bastille.

n. 
  1. the act or course of marching.
  2. the distance covered in a single period of marching.
  3. advance;
    progress;
    forward movement:the march of science.
  4. Music and Dancea piece of music with a rhythm suited to accompany marching.
  5. Idiomson the march, moving ahead;
    progressing;
    advancing:Automation is on the march.
  6. Idiomssteal a march on, to gain an advantage over, esp. secretly or slyly.
  • Frankish *markōn presumably, to mark, pace out (a boundary); see mark1
  • Middle French march(i)er, Old French marchier to tread, move
  • late Middle English marchen 1375–1425

march2  (märch),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa tract of land along a border of a country;
    frontier.
  2. Place Namesmarches, the border districts between England and Scotland, or England and Wales.

v.i. 
  1. Place Namesto touch at the border;
    border.
  • Gmc; compare Old English gemearc, Gothic marka boundary; see mark1
  • Anglo-French, Old French
  • Middle English marche 1250–1300

March  (märch),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the third month of the year, containing 31 days.
Abbr.: Mar.
  • Latin, short for Mārtius mēnsis month of Mars (Mārti-, stem of Mārs + -us adjective, adjectival suffix)
  • Anglo-French Marche; replacing Old English Martius
  • Middle English March(e) bef. 1050

March  (märch for 1–3; märкн for 4),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. BiographicalFrancis Andrew, 1825–1911, U.S. philologist and lexicographer.
  2. BiographicalFredric (Frederick McIntyre Bickel), 1897–1975, U.S. actor.
  3. Place NamesGerman name of the Morava. 

March., 
  1. Marchioness.

M.Arch., 
  1. EducationMaster of Architecture.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
march /mɑːtʃ/ vb
  1. (intransitive) to walk or proceed with stately or regular steps, usually in a procession or military formation
  2. (transitive) to make (a person or group) proceed
  3. (transitive) to traverse or cover by marching
 n
  1. the act or an instance of marching
  2. a regular stride
  3. a long or exhausting walk
  4. advance; progression (of time, etc)
  5. a distance or route covered by marching
  6. a piece of music, usually in four beats to the bar, having a strongly accented rhythm
  7. steal a march on ⇒ to gain an advantage over, esp by a secret or underhand enterprise
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French marchier to tread, probably of Germanic origin; compare Old English mearcian to mark1ˈmarcher n
march /mɑːtʃ/ n
  1. Also called: marchland a frontier, border, or boundary or the land lying along it, often of disputed ownership
 vb
  1. (intransitive; often followed by upon or with) to share a common border (with)
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French marche, from Germanic; related to mark1
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