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I UK [mɑː(r)tʃ] / US [mɑrtʃ] verb
Word forms "march":
present tense I/you/we/they march he/she/it marches present participle marching past tense marched past participle marched

1)

a) [intransitive/transitive] if soldiers march, they walk in a group with each person matching the speed and movements of the others

They made us march for hours.

He told the sergeant to march us for another five miles.

b) [intransitive] to walk along a road as part of a group of people protesting about something

Health workers are today marching through the centre of London in protest at government cuts.

march on something (= towards it):

The day before, 50,000 demonstrators had marched on the Pentagon.

2) [intransitive] to walk somewhere quickly and in a determined, confident, or angry way

march into/out of/up to etc:

She marched into the room without knocking.

3) [transitive] to force someone to walk somewhere with you, for example by holding their arm

march out of/off/to etc:

Both men were marched out of the restaurant.

4) [intransitive] mainly literary to continue to happen, develop, or make progress and be impossible to stop

march on/onwards:

Time marches on.

II UK [mɑː(r)tʃ] / US [mɑrtʃ] noun [countable]
Word forms "march":
singular march plural marches

1)

a) a walk by a group of soldiers in which each person matches the speed and movements of the others

b) the distance to a place measured by the time that it takes soldiers to march there

The camp was two days' march away.

2) a walk by a group of people to a place in order to protest about something

a peace/protest march

go on a march:

We're all going on the march against racism this Saturday.

3) music a piece of music with a strong beat that matches the steps taken by marching soldiers

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- be on the march

- the march of something

See:

marches, steal I