march1

Pronunciation: /mɑːtʃ/

Definition of march

[no object, usually with adverbial of direction]

walk in a military manner with a regular measured tread:thousands marched behind the coffin
walk quickly and with determination:without a word she marched from the room
[with object and adverbial of direction] force (someone) to walk somewhere quickly:she gripped Rachel’s arm and marched her through the door
walk along public roads in an organized procession as a form of protest:unemployed workers marched from Jarrow to London they planned to march on Baton Rouge
(of something abstract) proceed or advance inexorably:time marches on

an act or instance of marching:the relieving force was more than a day’s march away
a piece of music composed to accompany marching or with a rhythm suggestive of marching: he began to hum a funeral march
a procession organized as a protest:a protest march
[in singular] the steady and inevitable development or progress of something:the march of history

Phrases

march to (the beat of) a different tune (or drummer): informal consciously adopt a different approach or attitude to the majority of people: he has always marched to a different tune but this time his perversity may be his undoing
on the march: marching: the army was on the march at last; making progress:United are on the march again

late Middle English: from French marcher 'to walk' (earlier 'to trample'), of uncertain origin

Definition of march in the US English dictionary