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marquees

marquees is the plural of marquee.

Meaning of marquee

Noun

marquee (plural marquees)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
    Synonyms:
    big top
  2. (US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.
  3. (US, by generalization) Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.
    Synonyms:
    chase lights, chaser lights
  4. An illuminated panel that appears above the screen/playfield of an arcade game, typically displaying the game's title and manufacturer.
  5. (Internet) A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
  6. In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.
    • Rectangular Marquee Tool
    Synonyms:
    marching ants

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Questions about marquees

What is marquees the plural of?
Marquees is the plural of marquee.

Words near marquees in the dictionary

  1. marquee players
  2. marquee value
  3. marqueed
  4. marqueeing
  5. marqueelike
  6. marquees
  7. marquench
  8. marquenching
  9. marques
  10. Marquesan
  11. Marquesans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marquees (page history and authors); marquee (page history and authors). 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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