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(noun.)

VERB + BANNER

drape, hang (out) | carry | wave | unfurl

BANNER + VERB

hang

flutter, fly, wave

Colorful banners fluttered above the stadium as the crowd cheered for their team.

bear sth

The protesters held up banners bearing messages calling for climate action.

demand sth, proclaim sth, read sth, say sth

The protesters' banner proclaimed a message of unity across the city streets.

be strung across sth

A large banner was strung across the entrance to welcome the new students on their first day.

Definitions

noun

1

A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.

“To hold Arrakis,” the Duke said, “one is faced with decisions that may cost one his self-respect.” He pointed out the window to the Atreides green and black banner hanging limply from a staff at the edge of the landing field. "That honorable banner could come to mean many evil things."

2

The military unit under such a flag or standard.

3

A military or administrative subdivision.

4

Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.

The mayor hung a banner across Main Street to commemorate the town's 100th anniversary.

5

A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.

adj

1

Exceptional; very good.

The year just closed has been the banner year for New-Hampshire Home Missions. The amount raised for the cause is $505,38 more than ever was raised before in any one year.

The Zenger decision was a banner achievement for freedom of the press. It pointed the way to the kind of open public discussion required by the diverse society that colonial New York already was and that all America was to become.

verb

1

To adorn with a banner.

2

To display as a banner headline.

At 8:11, bannering the headline “Cheney in Charge?” the Drudge Report runs a story speculating that the president may be incapacitated.

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noun — long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertis

streamer

noun — any distinctive flag

standard

noun — a newspaper headline that runs across the full page

streamer

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banner year

An especially fruitful year; a year of exceptional production.

1965 was a banner year for the company; it produced a million widgets for the first time.

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“To hold Arrakis,” the Duke said, “one is faced with decisions that may cost one his self-respect.” He pointed out the window to the Atreides green and black banner hanging limply from a staff at the

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The mayor hung a banner across Main Street to commemorate the town's 100th anniversary.

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They usually make their case under the banner of environmentalism.

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The year just closed has been the banner year for New-Hampshire Home Missions. The amount raised for the cause is $505,38 more than ever was raised before in any one year.

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The Zenger decision was a banner achievement for freedom of the press. It pointed the way to the kind of open public discussion required by the diverse society that colonial New York already was and t

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At 8:11, bannering the headline “Cheney in Charge?” the Drudge Report runs a story speculating that the president may be incapacitated.

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