Mark
Mark verb - Establish as the highest level or best performance.
Set
Set verb - Establish as the highest level or best performance.
Usage example: set a record
How words are described
| old | old mark | old set |
| high | high mark | high set |
| full | full mark | full set |
| special | special mark | special set |
| Other adjectives: long, exact, particular, similar, complete, certain, original, single, small, powerful, large, big, huge, new, final, next, strange, last, different, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Mark Huberman (Les Hashey) said that when the real Guarnere came on set, he asked what he thought of the real Hashey.
Source: Method Acting -
At this point Q pitches the pretense and just tries (unsuccessfully) to get the mark to accept the tickets despite the now-obvious set-up, and even introduces the mark to the operator.
Source: Series / Impractical Jokers -
Mark Hamill's initial reaction to seeing Chewbacca on the set of the first Star Wars movie was: "The wookiee has no pants."
Source: Nonhumans Lack Attributes
Cite this Source
Set and Mark. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mark/set
Mark & Set. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/mark/set>.
Set or Mark. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/mark/set.
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