1. To gather and arrange people, facts, or resources for a purpose.
2. An official with specified enforcement or court-related duties.
3. A holder of a high military rank, often the highest in an army.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- marshal evidence
- marshal resources
On the page
She marshaled the evidence before addressing the objections.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- marshal
- Past tense
- marshaled or marshalled
- Past participle
- marshaled or marshalled
- Present participle
- marshaling or marshalling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- marshal
- Present continuous
- am/is/are marshaling or marshalling
- Present perfect
- have/has marshaled or marshalled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been marshaling or marshalling
- Past
- marshaled or marshalled
- Past continuous
- was/were marshaling or marshalling
- Past perfect
- had marshaled or marshalled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been marshaling or marshalling
- Future
- will marshal
- Future continuous
- will be marshaling or marshalling
- Future perfect
- will have marshaled or marshalled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been marshaling or marshalling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: marshal; marshals; marshaled or marshalled; marshaled or marshalled; marshaling or marshalling. Noun singular marshal; plural marshals.. Noun singular marshal; plural marshals. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: argumentation, evidence, inference. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: marshals.
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