marquee
/(ˌ)mɑː(ɹ)ˈkiː/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage
noun
A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.
American usage
noun
Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.
American usage
noun
An illuminated panel that appears above the screen/playfield of an arcade game, typically displaying the game's title and manufacturer.
noun
A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
noun
In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.
adj
Most famous; preeminent.
Example Sentences
- "Rectangular Marquee Tool"
- "Without adoubt, Brees was a marquee player."
- "Even after a marquee player is traded, he can have a lasting impact on the franchise for which he made his mark."
- "Fashion Week is a marquee event providing a consolidated platform for the display of high-quality designer fashion."
- "The marquee product was his Salvador lager beer, which, he claimed in the advertising material from the first decade of the twentieth century, was Canada's most famous brew."
- "But as the marquee device has grown older and its improvements have gotten more incremental, the tech giant has shifted its focus to younger products with more runway for innovation: the Apple Watch and AirPods."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- British usage
- American usage