marking in WordNet English dictionary

1. evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
   "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"
   marking  grading  scoring 
   
2. a distinguishing symbol
   "the owner's mark was on all the sheep"
   marker  marking  mark 
   
3. the act of making a visible mark on a surface
   marking 
   
4. a pattern of marks
   marking