marquee
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6.7
- noun
- /mɑrˈki/
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marquesina
- My aunt still keeps a photograph of his name on a Broadway marquee.
It's on the South side of across from the marquee of NBC.
- It's on the South side of across from the marquee of NBC.
- We can't fit your God blessed name on the marquee.
- And this church is a Community Church and they put up on their marquee.
- So I see marquee with a lot of neon lights and it says Old Navy.
Examples
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How's it gonna look on the marquee when I make my legitimate stage debut?
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The lobby of the Omni Bayview is entered from under a wide maroon marquee through sliding glass doors.
Fiction book (1990) -
You know what the marquee says?
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To see my name on the marquee.
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Our names on the marquee.
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His name never appeared on the marquee with the great stars, producers, and directors who worked alongside him.
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The electronic marquee said, "Take the Toll Road Because Life is Too Short!"
Fiction book (2002) -
Broadway theaters dimmed their marquees at curtain time the evening after Arthur Miller died.
Academic text (2005) -
SCIENCE-FICTION FESTIVAL TONIGHT: STAR WARS read the marquee, which was festooned with brightly flashing lights.
Fiction book (1990) -
The theater's marquee brightly advertised the latest blockbuster movie.
Synonyms
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4.1
A cover over an area that protects from rain or sun
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2.1
A cover that gives shade from the sun
A fixed shelter over a building entrance that protects people and has signs
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Marquee for the covered entrance of a theater or hotel also comes from the French marquise, meaning a 'canopy'. Imagine the lighted cover over a door that protects people and shows the name of the show, and that's why we call that covered sign a marquee.