show
Pronunciation: /ʃəʊ/
The English word “show” has 20 meanings listed here.
verb
- To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.
- To indicate; to convey facts that lead to a conclusion.
- To guide or escort; to show the way.
- To bestow; to confer.
- To put on a movie, TV show, etc; to be presented in this way.
- To display artwork in a gallery or museum.
- To display on offer.
- To give hints to the apparent or purported nature of one's hand of cards.
- To reveal one's hand of cards.
- 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.
- To prove (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate; to instruct.
- To reveal one's condition or nature.
- 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.
- To be or become visible or apparent; to be seen or demonstrated; to appear or be made to appear.
- To put in an appearance; show up.
- To finish third in a race, especially in horse or dog racing.
- To come into view on a screen; to become visible on a screen.
- To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
- To appear (a certain way).
- 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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