banner

«banner» in Mova's school dictionary: A long piece of cloth or paper with words or pictures on… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a banner, banners)

meaning for a pupil

1) A long piece of cloth or paper with words or pictures on it, carried or hung up. tree →

2) A wide advert or heading across a web page. tree →

3) A flag (old use). tree →

4) (in "under the banner of") Under the name or idea of a group. tree →

sense in the lessons

School events: a welcome banner, a sports day banner. Protests: people carry banners. Online: banner ads. Phrases: hang a banner, banner headline, under the banner of.

examples

• We painted a "Welcome Back" banner for the class. tree →
• The protesters carried banners. tree →
• A banner hung over the school gate. tree →
• Ignore the flashing banner ads on websites. tree →
• The newspaper had a huge banner headline. tree →
• They marched under the banner of peace. tree →
• Soldiers like the knave of clubs, and citizens with waving banners. tree →

note

Countable. Online safety: banner ads can be tricks; don't click them. A "banner year" (US) means a very good year.

In the corpora

• Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth.
• He hath brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner over me is love.
• Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «banner» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.