Tra từ march - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

march [march marches marched marching] verb, noun BrE [mɑːtʃ] NAmE [mɑːrtʃ]
verb
1. intransitive to walk with stiff regular steps like a soldier
•(+ adv./prep.) Soldiers were marching up and down outside the government buildings.
• Quick march! (= the order to start marching)
•+ noun They marched 20 miles to reach the capital.
2. intransitive + adv./prep. to walk somewhere quickly in a determined way
• She marched over to me and demanded an apology.
3. intransitive to walk through the streets in a large group in order to protest about sth
Syn: ↑demonstrate
4. transitive ~ sb + adv./prep. to force sb to walk somewhere with you
• The guards marched the prisoner away.
•She was marched out of the door and into a waiting car.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from French marcher ‘to walk’ (earlier ‘to trample’), of uncertain origin.

Thesaurus:
march verb
1. I (usually used with an adverb or preposition)
•Guards were marching up and down.
stride • • pace • • step • • walk •
march/stride/step/walk to/towards sb/sth
march/pace/step/walk around/round sth
march/pace/walk up and down
2. I (always with an adverb or preposition)
•Ann marched straight over and demanded an apology.
storm • • stalk • |informal stomp • |written flounce •
march/storm/stalk/stomp/flounce off/away
march/storm/stalk/stomp/flounce in/into/out/out of sth

Example Bank:
•Craig marched up to the door and rang the bell.
•Millions of people marched against the war.
•So saying, she marched boldly out of the house.
•The clock marched onward to the year 2005.
•The demonstrators marched on the British embassy.
•The invading army marched on Rome.
•They marched all the way from London to Edinburgh.
•They marched proudly onto the football field.
•They were marching for peace.
•Time marches inexorably on and we still have not made a decision.
•We marched peacefully through the streets.
•conscripts learning to march in step
•marching peacefully through the town centre
•protesters marching in support of the students' demands
•Ann marched straight past me and up the stairs.
•He marched off, muttering something.
•Hundreds of people marched in support of the teachers' pay claim.
•Quick march!.
•She marched briskly down the steps.
•Troops marched on the town.
Idioms: ↑get your marching orders ▪ ↑give somebody their marching orders ▪ ↑march to a different drum ▪ ↑on the march
Derived: ↑march on ▪ ↑march on …

noun
1. countable an organized walk by many people from one place to another, in order to protest about sth, or to express their opinions
•protest marches
•to go on a march
compare ↑demonstration
2. countable an act of marching; a journey made by marching
• The army began their long march to the coast.
3. singular the ~ of sth the steady development or forward movement of sth
•the march of progress/technology/time
4. countable a piece of music written for marching to
•a funeral march
more at steal a march (on sb) at ↑steal _v.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from French marcher ‘to walk’ (earlier ‘to trample’), of uncertain origin.

Thesaurus:
march noun C
•The protest march moved slowly along the city streets.
demonstration • • protest • |BrE, informal demo •
a march/demonstration/protest/demo against sth
a/an anti-war/pro-democracy/anti-government march/demonstration/protest/demo
hold/organize/stage/go on/join/participate in/take part in a march/demonstration/protest/demo

Example Bank:
•The army set off on a forced march north.
•The border was still a day's march away.
•The farmers halted the march outside the Ministry of Agriculture.
•The march was broken up by police in riot gear.
•The orchestra struck up a military march.
•There were in excess of 100 000 people at the march.
•There will be a special march past of competitors.
•They reached the enemy position after an arduous approach march.
•Villages in the army's line of march were burned to the ground.
•a march against racism
•a march for the victims of the war
•a march marking the thirtieth anniversary of the shootings
•a march of over 30 miles
•a march of over 6 000 people
•the forward march of technology
•the inexorable march of time
•the march from Paris to Brittany
•the march from Selma to Montgomery
•the march of history/progress/science
•the steady march towards equality
•The protest march moved slowly along the city streets.
•Thousands of people from all over the country attended the march.