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Meaning
Noun
●
In Australian English, British English & New Zealand English:
A large
tent
with
open
sides
, used for
outdoors
entertainment.
●
In American English:
A
projecting
canopy
over an
entrance
, especially one with a
sign
that
displays
the
name
of the
establishment
or other information of it.
●
In American English:
Lights that
turn
on and off
in
sequence
, or
scrolling
text
, as these are common
elements
on a marquee.
●
In Internet:
A
banner
on a
web page
displaying
text
that
scrolls
horizontally.
●
In Computing:
In
graphical
editing
software
,
a special
selection
tool
, used to
highlight
a
portion
of an image.
Adj
●
Most
famous
; preeminent.
Verb
●
In Graphical user interface:
To
select
(an
object
or
region
) with the
marquee
select
ion tool.
●
To
display
text
prominently
at the
top
,
as in
a
video
. i.e. The
text
was
marqueed
at the
end of
the
presentation
. Marquee it.
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Wiktionary
Origin
marquee
English
marquise
English
marquise
French
Sourced from
Etym
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