How to pronounce “marquee”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (British, Australia, New Zealand) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
• (US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.
• (US, by generalization) Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.
• An illuminated panel that appears above the screen/playfield of an arcade game, typically displaying the game's title and manufacturer.
• (Internet) A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
• (computing) In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.
• [Adjective]
• Most famous; preeminent.
• [Verb]
• (graphical user interface) To select (an object or region) with the marquee selection 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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