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banner

191 1.2
A long strip with a sign used to decorate or advertise
  • noun
  • /ˈbænər/
translation icon : pancarta
  • And also a banner that says free lemonade.
  • carry a banner
  • posters and banners
  • unfurl a banner

Onward, Communists, the banner flaps in the film.

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Examples

  • And there was a plane pulling a banner that says, Sharon, will you marry me?

  • A banner with the message "Sale Today Only!" hung across the store entrance.

  • The banner goes over there, please.

  • Besides, my own best banner was torn down.

  • Let them march under one banner and share in the victories to come.

  • A small plane went by towing a banner that read, "MARCH IS LION'S EYE BANK MONTH."

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Our students also make signs and banners for school activities to be hung in front of the school.

    Academic text (2008)
  • We got to get you an American flag Star-Spangled Banner, for Fourth of July summertime.

  • The room was decorated with balloons and banners featuring a theme that the campers had chosen themselves.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Over the course of the 1920s and 1930s, nationalism became the banner of Mexico's revolutionary government.

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

flag
vsbanner
848 1.0

A piece of cloth used as a symbol for a country or group

is longer and made to display slogans or designs for decoration
standard
vsbanner
41 5.0

A flag used as a symbol for a country, army, or group

is less formal and used more for advertising or festive display
streamer
vsbanner
13 1.1

A long narrow strip of paper or cloth used to decorate places like walls and windows

is wider in purpose and often shows slogans or advertising
pennant
vsbanner
7 4.6

A long narrow flag that ends in a point used for decoration or signals

is broader and used more for decoration or advertising

Antonyms

208 1.0

Simple and not decorated or flavored

6 5.1

Plain in appearance with no decoration

Compounds

The national anthem of the United States with words by Francis Scott Key

The national flag of the United States with stars and stripes that stands for the country

district banner
  • Archaic
9.9

A flag with colors and symbols that shows the district of knights

How Large

billboard
  • US
167 1.3
banner
191 1.2

Surface Forms

banner singular
banners plural

Etymology

Banner comes from an old word bandum meaning 'flag' used in battle to show a group. So a banner is a long strip of cloth or paper with a sign or design that people can see.