What does hallmark mean?

Definitions for hallmark
ˈhɔlˌmɑrkhall·mark

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hallmark, trademark, earmark, stylemarknoun

    a distinctive characteristic or attribute

  2. authentication, hallmark, assay-marknoun

    a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity

Wiktionary

  1. hallmarknoun

    A distinguishing characteristic.

  2. hallmarknoun

    An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals.

  3. hallmarkverb

    To provide or stamp with a hallmark

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  1. hallmark

    A hallmark is a distinctive feature, characteristic, or trait that is indicative or typical of a person, place, or thing. It can also refer to an official mark or stamp indicating the quality, purity, or authenticity of certain precious metals like gold, silver, or platinum.

Wikidata

  1. Hallmark

    A hallmark is an official mark or series of marks struck on items made of precious metals—platinum, gold, silver and in some nations, palladium. In a more general sense, the term hallmark can also be used to refer to any distinguishing characteristic or trait.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HALLMARK

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hallmark is ranked #7517 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Hallmark surname appeared 4,426 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Hallmark.

    94% or 4,162 total occurrences were White.
    2.1% or 94 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.5% or 70 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.5% or 68 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.4% or 18 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.3% or 14 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hallmark in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hallmark in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of hallmark in a Sentence

  1. Jim Green:

    There must be something about humans not believing in the science, all I can say is we have people who don’t believe we landed on the moon. With the lunar reconnaissance orbiter, we even have high resolution imaging showing what we left on the moon, where it was and where we went to many of the Apollo sites, which clearly demonstrates we were on the moon. So, we are open and honest of what we do. That is a hallmark of NASA.

  2. Hong Kong:

    The increasingly violent reality since June is hurting Hong Kong's economy, ...what started off as peaceful protests, a hallmark of Hong Kong's rights and freedoms, have turned into violent acts by rioters.

  3. Dane Hicks:

    The topic here is the governmental overreach which has been the hallmark of Governor Kellys administration.

  4. John Grunsfeld:

    This is truly a hallmark in human history.

  5. Michael Phillips:

    Prevention is the hallmark, if we develop pockets of under-vaccinated people and start having enough transmission, even those individuals who are vaccinated will be at risk.

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