re show
verb (used with object)
1.
to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
2.
to present or perform as a public entertainment or spectacle: to show a movie.
3.
to indicate; point out: to show the way.
4.
to guide, escort, or usher: He showed me to my room. Show her in.
5.
to explain or make clear; make known: He showed what he meant.
6.
to make known to; inform, instruct, or prove to: I'll show you what I mean.
7.
to prove; demonstrate: His experiment showed the falsity of the theory.
8.
to indicate, register, or mark: The thermometer showed 10 below zero.
9.
to exhibit or offer for sale: to show a house.
10.
to allege, as in a legal document; plead, as a reason or cause.
11.
to produce, as facts in an affidavit or at a hearing.
12.
to express or make evident by appearance, behavior, speech, etc.: to show one's feelings.
13.
to accord or grant (favor, kindness, etc.): He showed mercy in his decision.
verb (used without object)
14.
to be seen; be or become visible: Does my slip show?
15.
to be seen in a certain way: to show to advantage.
16.
to put on an exhibition or performance; display one's goods or products: Several dress designers are showing in New York now.
17.
Informal. to be present or keep an appointment; show up: He said he would be there, but he didn't show.
18.
to finish third in a horse race, harness race, etc.
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noun
Verb phrases 19.
a theatrical production, performance, or company.
20.
a radio or television program.
21.
a motion picture.
22.
an exposition for dealers or the public of products by various manufacturers in a particular industry, usually held in an exhibition hall, convention facility, or the like: the annual boat show.
23.
any kind of public exhibition or exposition: a show of Renoirs.
24.
ostentatious display: nothing but mere show.
25.
a display, exhibition, or demonstration: a true show of freedom.
26.
an indication; trace: He frowned on the slightest show of emotion.
27.
28.
appearance; impression: to make a sorry show.
29.
a sight or spectacle.
30.
an unreal or deceptive appearance: The actress's tears had the show of grief.
31.
an act or instance of showing.
32.
a motion-picture theater.
33.
Informal. a chance: to get a fair show.
34.
Medicine/Medical.
a.
the first appearance of blood at the onset of menstruation.
b.
a blood-tinged mucous discharge from the vagina that indicates the onset of labor.
35.
Chiefly British Informal. any undertaking, group of persons, event, etc.; affair; thing.
36.
show off,
a.
to display ostentatiously: The parade was designed to show off all the latest weapons of war.
b.
to seek to gain attention by displaying prominently one's abilities or accomplishments.
37.
Idioms show up,
a.
to make known, as faults; expose; reveal.
b.
to exhibit in a certain way; appear: White shows up well against a blue background.
c.
to come to or arrive at a place: We waited for two hours, but he didn't show up.
d.
to make (another) seem inferior; outdo.
38.
make a show of, to be ostentatious about; affect: Whenever there are visitors, the bosses make a show of being nice to their employees.
39.
run the show, to control a business, situation, etc.; be in charge: My father runs the show in our house.
40.
steal the show,
a.
to usurp the credit or get the applause for something: That woman can act, but the child stole the show. He did all the work, but his partner stole the show.
b.
to be the most pleasing or spectacular item or person in a group.
41.
stop the show, to win such enthusiastic applause that a theatrical performance is temporarily interrupted.
Origin:
before 900; (v.) Middle English showen, s(c)hewen to look at, show, Old English scēawian to look at; cognate with Dutch schowen, German schauen; (noun) Middle English s(c)hew(e), derivative of the v.
before 900; (v.) Middle English showen, s(c)hewen to look at, show, Old English scēawian to look at; cognate with Dutch schowen, German schauen; (noun) Middle English s(c)hew(e), derivative of the v.
Related forms
show·a·ble, adjective
show·less, adjective
out·show, verb (used with object), out·showed, out·shown or out·showed, out·show·ing.
pre·show, adjective, noun, verb (used with object), pre·showed, pre·shown or pre·showed, pre·show·ing.
re·show, verb, re·showed, re·shown or re·showed, re·show·ing.
Synonyms
4. lead, conduct. 5. interpret, clarify, elucidate; reveal, disclose, divulge. 10. assert, affirm. 13. bestow, confer. 23. spectacle. 24, 25. Show, display, ostentation, pomp suggest the presentation of a more or less elaborate, often pretentious, appearance for the public to see. Show often indicates an external appearance that may or may not accord with actual facts: a show of modesty. Display applies to an intentionally conspicuous show: a great display of wealth. Ostentation is vain, ambitious, pretentious, or offensive display: tasteless and vulgar ostentation. Pomp suggests such a show of dignity and authority as characterizes a ceremony of state: The coronation was carried out with pomp and ceremonial. 30. deception, pretense, simulation, illusion.
4. lead, conduct. 5. interpret, clarify, elucidate; reveal, disclose, divulge. 10. assert, affirm. 13. bestow, confer. 23. spectacle. 24, 25. Show, display, ostentation, pomp suggest the presentation of a more or less elaborate, often pretentious, appearance for the public to see. Show often indicates an external appearance that may or may not accord with actual facts: a show of modesty. Display applies to an intentionally conspicuous show: a great display of wealth. Ostentation is vain, ambitious, pretentious, or offensive display: tasteless and vulgar ostentation. Pomp suggests such a show of dignity and authority as characterizes a ceremony of state: The coronation was carried out with pomp and ceremonial. 30. deception, pretense, simulation, illusion.
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| —vb , shows, showing, showed, shown, showed | |
| 1. | to make, be, or become visible or noticeable: to show one's dislike |
| 2. | (tr) to present to view; exhibit: he showed me a picture |
| 3. | (tr) to indicate or explain; prove: to show that the earth moves round the sun |
| 4. | (tr) to exhibit or present (oneself or itself) in a specific character: to show oneself to be trustworthy |
| 5. | (tr; |
| 6. | (tr) to indicate or register: a barometer shows changes in the weather |
| 7. | (tr) to grant or bestow: to show favour to someone |
| 8. | (intr) to appear: to show to advantage |
| 9. | to exhibit, display, or offer (goods, etc) for sale: three artists were showing at the gallery |
| 10. | (tr) to allege, as in a legal document: to show cause |
| 11. | to present (a play, film, etc) or (of a play, etc) to be presented, as at a theatre or cinema |
| 12. | (tr) to guide or escort: please show me to my room |
| 13. | show in to conduct a person into a room or building by opening the door for him |
| 14. | show out to conduct a person out of a room or building by opening the door for him |
| 15. | (intr) to win a place in a horse race, etc |
| 16. | to give a performance of riding and handling (a horse) to display its best points |
| 17. | informal (intr) to put in an appearance; arrive |
| —n | |
| 18. | a display or exhibition |
| 19. | a public spectacle |
| 20. | an ostentatious or pretentious display |
| 21. | a theatrical or other entertainment |
| 22. | a trace or indication |
| 23. | obstetrics a discharge of blood at the onset of labour |
| 24. | informal (US), (Austral), (NZ) a chance; opportunity (esp in the phrases give someone a show, he's got no show of winning, etc) |
| 25. | a sporting event consisting of contests in which riders perform different exercises to show their skill and their horses' ability and breeding |
| 26. | slang chiefly (Brit) a thing or affair (esp in the phrases good show, bad show, etc) |
| 27. | (Austral), (NZ) mining a slight indication of the presence of gold |
| 28. | a display of farm animals, with associated competitions |
| 29. | for show in order to attract attention |
| 30. | informal run the show to take charge of or manage an affair, business, etc |
| 31. | steal the show to draw the most attention or admiration, esp unexpectedly |
| 32. | informal stop the show |
| a. (of a stage act, etc) to receive so much applause as to interrupt the performance | |
| b. to be received with great enthusiasm | |
| [Old English scēawian; related to Old High German scouwōn to look, Old Norse örskār careful, Greek thuoskoos seer] | |
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Word Origin & History
show
O.E. sceawian "to look at, see," from W.Gmc. *skauwojanan (cf. O.S. skauwon "to look at," O.Fris. skawia, Du. schouwen, O.H.G. scouwon "to look at;" Du. schoon, Goth. skaunjai "beautiful," originally "conspicuous"), from P.Gmc. root *skau- "behold, look at," from PIE *skou-, variant of base *skeue-
"to pay attention, perceive" (see caveat). Causal meaning "let be seen, put in sight, make known" evolved c.1200 for unknown reasons and is unique to Eng. (Ger. schauen still means "look at"). Spelling shew, popular 18c. and surviving into early 19c., represents obsolete pronunciation (rhymes with view).
show
c.1300, "act of exhibiting to view," from show (v.). Sense of "appearance put on with intention to deceive" is recorded from c.1526. Meaning "display, spectacle" is first recorded 1561; that of "ostentatious display" is from 1713 (showy is from 1712). Sense of "entertainment
program on radio or TV" is first recorded 1932. Meaning "third place in a horse race" is from 1925, Amer.Eng. Show of hands is attested from 1789; Phrase for show "for appearance's sake" is from c.1700. Show business is attested from 1850; shortened form show biz first attested 1945. Expression the show must go on is first attested 1941. Show-stopper is from 1926; show trial first recorded 1937.
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Medical Dictionary
show (shō)
n.
The first discharge of blood in menstruation.
The discharge of bloody mucus from the vagina indicating the start of labor.
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