hallmark en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˈhɑɫmɑɹk] (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈhɔlmɑɹk/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈhɔːlmɑːk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
1721. From hall + mark, from Goldsmiths' Hall in London, the site of the assay office, official stamp of purity in gold and silver articles. The general sense of “mark of quality” first recorded 1864. Use as a verb from 1773.
Meanings
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(figuratively) A distinguishing characteristic.
And this is where the larger problem lies: when states try to enforce impossible bans, everyone loses. 3D printing farragoes have all the hallmarks of the absolute worst kind of ineffectual ban: one which encourages overly draconian laws that carry huge side effects, and that ultimately to have little to no effect.
2013 May 10, James Ball, “US government attempts to stifle 3D-printer gun designs will ultimately fail”, in The Guardian:In everything Brent said and did and wore, in all his movements, gestures, expressions, there was the unmistakable hallmark of the man worth while.
a. 1911, David Graham Phillips, Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise:The inference appears to be that there is some subtle connection between immorality and art, as if the handling of the lewd, or the depicting of it, were in some sort the hallmark of the true artist.
1907, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter VII, in Through the Magic Door, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 147:A man needs only to be careful—and lucky—to live a long time in the Solomons; but he must also be of the right sort. He must have the hall-mark of the inevitable white man stamped upon his soul.
1910 March, Jack London, “The Terrible Solomons”, in South Sea Tales, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published October 1911, →OCLC, page 200:Arsene Wenger's side showed little of the style and fluidity that is their hallmark but this was about digging deep and getting the job done, qualities they demonstrated and that will serve them well as the season reaches its climax.
2011 February 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Everton”, in BBC:You know what a university is, and a university degree? It is the necessary hallmark of a man who wants to do anything in teaching.
1894 December – 1895 November, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], published 1896, →OCLC:
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An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals.
It can highlight our embodiment, a qualitative step away from the hallmark machines that work so resolutely to disembody us.
2007, John Zerzan, Silence:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| hallmarks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (56)
de Repunze (an official marking) · cs charakteristika (a distinct characteristic) · sl značilnost (a distinct characteristic) · cs specifikum (a distinct characteristic) · cmn 標誌 /标志 (a distinct characteristic) · hu sajátosság (a distinct characteristic) · fi tunnus (an official marking) · cs punc (an official marking) · ru про́ба (an official marking) · de Kennzeichen (a distinct characteristic) · it segno caratteristico (a distinct characteristic) · hu ismertetőjel (a distinct characteristic) · es distintivo (a distinct characteristic) · hu stílusjegy (a distinct characteristic) · pl cecha probiercza (an official marking) · nn kjenneteikn (a distinct characteristic) · pt característica (a distinct characteristic) · ru знак (a distinct characteristic) · ru крите́рий (a distinct characteristic) · izh tuntomerkki (a distinct characteristic) · bg критерий (a distinct characteristic) · ja 極印 (an official marking) · gl característica (a distinct characteristic) · ru при́знак (a distinct characteristic) · pt traço m distintivo (a distinct characteristic) · ru си́мвол (a distinct characteristic) · nl meesterteken (an official marking) · hu jellemző/legjellemzőbb vonás/sajátosság (a distinct characteristic) · gl trazo m distintivo (a distinct characteristic) · vi dấu ấn (a distinct characteristic) · hu (fő/legfőbb) ismertetőjegy (a distinct characteristic) · bg белег (a distinct characteristic) · nl merkteken (a distinct characteristic) · sv kännetecken (a distinct characteristic) · hu fémjelzés (an official marking) · nb kjennetegn (a distinct characteristic) · pl cecha charakterystyczna (a distinct characteristic) · de Punze (an official marking) · cmn 特徵 /特征 (a distinct characteristic) · nl keurteken (an official marking) · ja 太鼓判 (an official marking) · bg клеймо (an official marking) · fi tunnusmerkki (a distinct characteristic) · cs charakteristický znak (a distinct characteristic) · pl próba (an official marking) · nl kenteken (a distinct characteristic) · nl kenmerk (a distinct characteristic) · pt cunho (an official marking) · ru клеймо́ (an official marking) · fi tuntomerkki (a distinct characteristic) · hu fémjel (an official marking) · hu jellegzetesség (a distinct characteristic) · fr poinçon (an official marking) · izh tunnusmerkki (a distinct characteristic) · it elemento caratteristico (a distinct characteristic) · fr marque de fabrique (a distinct characteristic)