banner

n.

1. 1. A piece of cloth attached to a staff and used as a standard by a monarch, military commander, or knight.
   2. The flag of a nation, state, or army.
2. A piece of cloth bearing a motto or legend, as of a club.
3. A headline spanning the width of a newspaper page.
4. Botany. See standard (sense 9).

adj.

Unusually good; outstanding: a banner year for the company.

tr.v. Informal., -nered, -ner·ing, -ners.

To give a banner headline to (a story or item) in a newspaper.

[Middle English banere, from Old French baniere, from Vulgar Latin *bandāria, from Late Latin bandum, of Germanic origin.]

Same as banner ad.

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1. Display poster designed to look like a flag, with an imprinted advertising message. It is usually draped over a cord or wire and flown overhead. A banner is used generally as a customer awareness tool in high-traffic areas in retail stores, such as supermarkets or discount variety stores, where it will have good visibility.

2. see bannerhead.

3. see banner ad.

noun

Fabric used especially as a symbol: banderole, banneret, color (used in plural), ensign, flag, jack, oriflamme, pennant, pennon, standard, streamer. See substitute.

adjective

Exceptionally good of its kind: ace, blue-ribbon, brag, capital, champion, excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, terrific, tiptop, top. Informal A-one, bully, dandy, great, swell, topflight, topnotch. Slang boss. Chiefly British tophole. See good/bad.

1. A top-centered graphic on a web page. Esp. used in banner ad.

2. On interactive software, a first screen containing a logo and/or author credits and/or a copyright notice. Similar to splash screen.

3. The title page added to printouts by most print spoolers (see spool). Typically includes user or account ID information in very large character-graphics capitals. Also called a burst page, because it indicates where to burst (tear apart) fanfold paper to separate one user's printout from the next.

4. A similar printout generated (typically on multiple pages of fan-fold paper) from user-specified text, e.g., by a program such as Unix's banner({1,6)}.

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Ornament in the form of a pole with flag, found on metal railings, and, with a counter-balance, used as a weather-vane or banneret.

IN BRIEF: A piece of cloth with an emblem or words on it.

The crowd gathered under the large banner to show their support for the cause.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - banner, fane, transparent
adj. - førende, fremragende
v. tr. - slå stort op

idioms:

• banner headline    kæmpeoverskrift

Nederlands (Dutch)
banier, spandoek, affiche, schrijfsignaal

Français (French)
n. - bannière, étendard, (Relig, fig) bannière
adj. - record, excellent
v. tr. - pavoiser

idioms:

• banner headline    manchette, gros titre, sur cinq colonnes à la une

Deutsch (German)
n. - Banner, Spruchband
adj. - hervorragend
v. - mit Bannern versehen, das Banner erheben

idioms:

• banner headline    Balkenüberschrift

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σημαία, λάβαρο, πανό, ολοσέλιδος/πηχυαίος τίτλος (εφημερίδας)
adj. - εξαιρετικός

idioms:

• banner headline    πηχυαίος τίτλος

Italiano (Italian)
vessillo

idioms:

• banner headline    titolo a caratteri cubitali
• join the banner    associarsi a

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bandeira (f), estandarte (m)
adj. - principal, dominante

idioms:

• banner headline    manchete (f) de jornal
• join the banner    envolver-se em um movimento organizado (especialmente político)

Русский (Russian)
знамя, флаг

idioms:

• banner headline    аршинный заголовок
• join the banner    примкнуть, встать под чьи-либо знамена

Español (Spanish)
n. - bandera, estandarte, pancarta, pendón
adj. - primero, principal, sobresaliente
v. tr. - titular, dar título

idioms:

• banner headline    titular a toda plana

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - baner, fana
adj. - flaggprydd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
旗帜, 通栏头号标题, 领先的, 优越的, 以通栏头号标题发表

idioms:

• banner headline    头号大标题

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 旗幟, 通欄頭號標題
adj. - 領先的, 優越的
v. tr. - 以通欄頭號標題發表

idioms:

• banner headline    頭號大標題

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 기, 기치, 표지
adj. - 특히 뛰어난, 일류의, 전단의 톱
v. tr. - ~에 기를 갖추다, 대대적으로 보도하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 旗, 旗印
adj. - 際だった

idioms:

• banner headline    全段抜き大見出し

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مانشيت يافطه, رايه, بيرق, شعار (صفه) ريادي, قيادي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כרזה, נס, דגל, כותרת לרוחב העיתון, סיסמה‬
adj. - ‮מוביל, ראש וראשון‬
v. tr. - ‮דגל ב-‬

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banner	banner paper
Banner Roll	Banner Ad Rotator