banner

Meanings

1. A long piece of cloth or paper with writing or a design, hung up as a sign or decoration.
2. A strip on a website with a message or an ad.

Example sentences

• "The fans waved a banner at the game."

  Level A2, Meaning 1

• "A banner across the street announced the festival."

  Level A2, Meaning 1

• "The page has an advertising banner at the top."

  Level B1, Meaning 2

• "They marched under a banner that read peace."

  Level B1, Meaning 1

Look-alikes and common mistakes

• flag : A flag is a piece of cloth that stands for a country or a group. A banner usually carries words or a message.
• poster : A poster is a printed sheet stuck on a wall. A banner is longer and is hung up.

Word family and forms

Forms: banners

Word partners

Words and phrases that often go with "banner".

• a large banner
• hang a banner
• wave a banner
• a banner ad
• a banner headline
• under the banner of

Origin

Banner came into English in the 1200s from Old French baniere, which came from a Late Latin word for a standard or sign that was itself taken from a Germanic word, related to Gothic bandwa, meaning a sign. The first banners were flags that led armies.

Checked against: Wiktionary, the free dictionary, Dictionary.com.

How to remember it

Banner has ban, as in a band of cloth. A banner is a long piece of cloth.

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