Definitions for marquee

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marquee mar·quee

Spelling: [mahr-kee]

IPA: /mɑrˈki/

Marquee is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in marquee (aeemqru).

Definitions for marquee

noun

1. a tall rooflike projection above a theater entrance, usually containing the name of a currently featured play or film and its stars.
2. a rooflike shelter, as of glass, projecting above an outer door and over a sidewalk or a terrace.
3. Also, marquess, marquise. British. a large tent or tentlike shelter with open sides, especially one for temporary use in outdoor entertainments, receptions, etc.

adjective

1. superlative; headlining:

Origin of marquee

1680-90; assumed singular of marquise, taken as plural

Examples for marquee

They took him up to the marquee of the Surgeon of the Division.

He said that he would see and led her across the enclosure toward the marquee.

A movie theater in Georgia showing the film PT 109 decorated its marquee with this message: “See how the Japs almost got Kennedy.”

In Georgia, a movie theatre showing the film PT109 decorated its marquee with this message: "See how the Japs almost got Kennedy."

But pardon me: we are nearing the marquee; the band is striking up, and, alas!

It is four years since the Republicans have won a marquee race in Virginia, and now both Virginia senators are Democrats.

I was going to ask if you had nerves about opening on Broadway without a marquee name.

It turned out that Steven Spielberg—and other marquee names—had beaten me to it.

But the band is striking up; we must adjourn to the marquee.

The sentry has forsaken his post, leaving the marquee unguarded.