Oznacz

Oznacz is a Polish verb form used as an imperative meaning "mark," "indicate," or "designate." It is most commonly encountered in direct instructions, user interfaces, checklists, and educational texts where a speaker asks someone to identify or highlight a particular item or element. The form belongs to the verb oznaczać inside the imperfective aspect, and it is closely related to the perfective counterpart oznaczyć; both derive from the same semantic root related to signing or marking with a sign or symbol.

Origin and meaning

The verb oznaczać (and its perfective partner oznaczyć) means to mark, designate, or denote by a sign. The nounoznaczenie (designation or labeling) and related terms in Polish share the same semantic field. The imperative form oznacz is used to express a direct command or request to perform the action of marking or indicating.

Usage and contexts

Oznacz is frequently seen in computer interfaces and instructional language, for example in commands like “Oznacz ten plik” (Mark this file) or “Oznacz wszystkie odpowiedzi.” It also appears in written and spoken Polish when introducing a designation or labeling step within a procedure, in mathematics or linguistics when one wants to denote a variable or concept, and in everyday conversation when giving concise directions.

Variations and related terms

Polish offers related forms and synonyms for marking or highlighting, such as zaznacz (highlight) and zaznaczaj (imperfective alternative). Other related lexical items include oznaczenie (designation or labeling) and znak (sign). These terms share the core idea of signaling or identifying a particular element.

See also

oznaczać, oznaczyć, oznaczenie, znak, zaznaczać, zaznacz.