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[*** \mathrm{march}^1] |märCH|

verb no object, usually with adverbial of direction
〖~+副詞〗 〈兵士などが〉行進する; 進軍[進撃]する (!〖副詞〗は方向などの表現)
e.g. three companies of soldiers marched around the field.
〖~+副詞〗 (断固とした様子で)足早に行く, さっさと歩く (!〖副詞〗は方向などの表現)
e.g. without a word she marched from the room.
with object and adverbial of direction force (someone) to walk somewhere quickly:
〖~ A+副詞〗 A〈兵士など〉を行進させる; (無理やり)A〈人〉を歩かせる, 行かせる (!〖副詞〗は方向などの表現)
e.g. she gripped Rachel's arm and marched her out through the doors.
walk along public roads in an organized procession to protest about something:
«…に向かって/…のために/…に反対して» デモ行進する «on/for/against» .
e.g. they planned to march on Baton Rouge
e.g. antigovernment protesters marched today through major cities.
(of something abstract) proceed or advance inexorably:
e.g. time marches on.

noun
usually in singular an act or instance of marching:
進軍; 行進; 行進の距離
e.g. the relieving force was more than a day's march away.
a piece of music composed to accompany marching or with a rhythmic character suggestive of marching.
〘楽〙 行進曲, マーチ
デモ行進(demonstration)
e.g. a protest march.
in singular the progress or continuity of something abstract that is considered to be moving inexorably onward:
⦅かたく⦆ ; 〖通例the ~〗 (物事の)進行, 進展, 進歩
e.g. the inevitable march of history.

PHRASES
marching:
e.g. the army was on the march at last.

march to (the beat of) a different drummer
informal consciously adopt a different approach or attitude from the majority of people; be unconventional.

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

[*** \mathrm{march}^2] |märCH|

plural noun
(Marches) a frontier or border area between two countries or territories, especially between England and Wales or (formerly) England and Scotland:
〖通例~es〗 国境地方, 境界領域; 〖the Marches〗(特に)イングランドとスコットランド[ウェールズ]との境界地方
e.g. the Welsh Marches.

verb no object (march with)
(of a country, territory, or estate) have a common frontier with.

ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French marche (noun), marchir (verb), of Germanic origin; related to mark1.

[*** \mathrm{March}] |märCH|

noun
the third month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the first month of spring:
3月
e.g. the work was completed in March
〖形容詞的に〗3月の(⦅略⦆ Mar.)
e.g. as modifier : the March issue of the magazine.

ORIGIN
Middle English: from an Old French dialect variant of marz, from Latin Martius (mensis) ‘(month) of Mars’.