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show

Pronunciation: /ʃəʊ/

The English word “show” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.
  2. To indicate; to convey facts that lead to a conclusion.
  3. To guide or escort; to show the way.
  4. To bestow; to confer.
  5. To put on a movie, TV show, etc; to be presented in this way.
  6. To display artwork in a gallery or museum.
  7. To display on offer.
  8. To give hints to the apparent or purported nature of one's hand of cards.
  9. To reveal one's hand of cards.
  10. To participate in a dog show, cat show, etc.; to compete with an animal at such a show; to be entered and displayed at such a show.
  11. To prove (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate; to instruct.
  12. To reveal one's condition or nature.
  13. To demonstrate to another that they are wrong; to vindicate to someone; to prove something to those who doubt it; to suffice as revenge against someone.
  14. To be or become visible or apparent; to be seen or demonstrated; to appear or be made to appear.
  15. To put in an appearance; show up.
  16. To finish third in a race, especially in horse or dog racing.
  17. To come into view on a screen; to become visible on a screen.
  18. To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
  19. To appear (a certain way).
  20. To appear or suit; to reflect well or poorly on someone; to be fitting.

Etymology

From Middle English schewen, from Old English scēawian (“to look, look at, exhibit, display”), from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”); see haw, gaum, caveat, caution. Cognate with Scots shaw (“to show”), Dutch schouwen (“to inspect, view”), German schauen (“to see, behold”),…

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