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How to spell march

March is spelled M-A-R-C-H.

hear itmarch/mɑrʧ/verbLong vowels

What it means: To walk in a regular, rhythmic manner.

In a sentence: In spring, the parade will march down Main Street.

Same family: marching, marched, marcher, border, adjoin. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: This sense of “march” comes from an older noun meaning a boundary or border region, especially the frontier lands between England and Wales or Scotland. It ultimately traces back to a Proto-Germanic root related to borders and edges, which is also connected to the word “mark.”

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