[VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sb/sth (for / as sb/sth) to decide that sth will be used for a particular purpose, or to state that sth will happen to sb/sth in the future:
The money had been earmarked for spending on new school buildings. * The factory has been earmarked for closure. * She was earmarked early as a possible champion.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for earmark is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is earmark a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, earmark is tagged as verb.
Does earmark appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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