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marquee
/mɑɹˈki/
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What does marquee mean?
noun
- A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
- A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.
- Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.
More meanings (6)
noun
- An illuminated panel that appears above the screen/playfield of an arcade game, typically displaying the game's title and manufacturer.
- A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
- In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.
adjective
- Most famous; preeminent.
verb
- To select (an object or region) with the marquee selection tool.
- To display text prominently at the top, as in a video.
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IPA pronunciation
/mɑɹˈki/
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He had retained his marquee, camp bed and cooking utensils, and he always travelled as he had done in his brigade.
A warm glow pervaded the whole atmosphere of the marquee, and a single big blue fly buzzed musically round and round it.
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It was this marquee that Mr. Bambridge was bent on buying, and he appeared to like looking inside it frequently, as a foretaste of its possession.
At length after a fortnight's absence, he came over to the fort, and entering the marquee, where Marion was sitting with his officers, he began to bow and scrape.
When the youth returned, which he did after two weeks' absence, he proceeded to the marquee of his Commander, to report himself, and began a tedious apology for having stayed, so long.