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# marquee

«marquee» in Mova's school dictionary: **A very large tent used for outdoor events like weddings…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a marquee, marquees); adjective (marquee – US, informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) A very large tent used for outdoor events like weddings, fairs and garden parties. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marquee/#m1)

2) (US, Canada) A sign or roof over the entrance of a theatre or cinema, showing the names of shows and stars in lights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marquee/#m2)

3) (adjective, US) Most famous and important: «a marquee player». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marquee/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life in the UK and Australia, a marquee is put up at weddings, school fêtes, cricket matches and agricultural shows. In the USA, the marquee is the lit-up sign outside a cinema. In sport, a «marquee signing» is a star player a club buys. Phrases: «put up a marquee», «under the marquee», «marquee player».

### examples

- The school fête had a big white marquee for the cake stall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marquee/#x1)
- When it rained, everyone crowded into the marquee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marquee/#x2)
- The wedding party danced in a marquee in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marquee/#x3)
- The cinema marquee showed the name of the new film in lights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marquee/#x4)
- The club's marquee signing scored in his first game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marquee/#x5)
- It took ten people to put up the marquee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marquee/#x6)
- The flower show was held in three marquees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marquee/#x7)
- The marquee pegs were hammered deep into the grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marquee/#x8)

### note

Countable: one marquee, two marquees. Pronounced «mar-KEE». Spelling: m-a-r-q-u-e-e. Do not confuse with «marquis» (a noble title). British and American meanings differ. Not a maths word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «marquee» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marquee/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.