marquee
/(ˌ)mɑː(ɹ)ˈkiː/
marquee noun: a large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
Noun
marquee (plural marquees)
- A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
- Synonyms:
- big top
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- chase lights, chaser lights
- 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.
- Rectangular Marquee Tool
- Synonyms:
- marching ants
Adjective
marquee (not comparable)
- Most famous; preeminent.
- Without adoubt, Brees was a marquee player.2012, Joe Tiller, Tiller: Not Your Average Joe, →ISBN
- Even after a marquee player is traded, he can have a lasting impact on the franchise for which he made his mark.2013, Vince Gennaro, Diamond Dollars: The Economics of Winning in Baseball, →ISBN, page 96
Verb
marquee (third-person singular simple present marquees, present participle marqueeing, simple past and past participle marqueed)
- To select (an object or region) with the marquee selection tool.
- To display text prominently at the top, as in a video.
- The text was marqueed at the end of the presentation.
marquee meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
marquee in Hindi
- मार्की
marquee in Tamil
- பெருங்கூடாரம், மிக உயர்ந்த, பிரபலமான, பிரதானமான
marquee in Marathi
- मार्की
marquee in Urdu
- خیمہ, شامیانہ
More languagesFewer languages
- marquee in Bengali
- বৃহৎ তাঁবু
- marquee in Telugu
- మార్క్వీ, మార్కీ
- marquee in Malayalam
- മാർക്ക്വി
- marquee in Kannada
- ಮಾರ್ಕ್ವಿ, ಮಾರ್ಕಿ
- marquee in Punjabi
- ਮਾਰਕੀ
- marquee in Gujarati
- માર્કી, માર્કિ
- marquee in Odia
- ମାର୍କି, ମାର୍କୀ
- marquee in Nepali
- मार्की, मार्कि, मार्कीलाई
Examples of marquee in a sentence
- Fashion Week is a marquee event providing a consolidated platform for the display of high-quality designer fashion.2013, Kim Williams, Jennifer Laing, Warwick Frost, Fashion, Design and Events, →ISBN, page 89:
- 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.2014, Jordan St. John, Lost Breweries of Toronto, →ISBN:
Synonyms of marquee
- big top
- chase lights
- chaser lights
- marching ants
Forms of marquee
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | marquees |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | marquees |
| present participle | marqueeing |
| past participle | marqueed |
| past | marqueed |
Origin of marquee
From marquise, from French marquise. Ultimately from same root as march (“border country”), margin (“edge”). Ultimately cognate with marque.
Words formed from marquee
Phrases with marquee
Words that rhyme with marquee
Questions about marquee
- What does marquee mean?
- Marquee means a large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
- What is marquee in Hindi?
- Marquee in Hindi is मार्की. See Marquee meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use marquee in a sentence?
- Fashion Week is a marquee event providing a consolidated platform for the display of high-quality designer fashion.
- What part of speech is marquee?
- Marquee can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce marquee?
- Marquee is pronounced /(ˌ)mɑː(ɹ)ˈkiː/.
- What is the plural of marquee?
- The plural of marquee is marquees.
Words near marquee in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: marquee (page history and authors); marquee (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marquee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); marquee (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marquee (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); marquee (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); marquee (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marquee (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marquee (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marquee (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marquee (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marquee (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marquee (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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