Definitions of SHOW in various dictionaries:
noun -
the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
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something intended to communicate a particular impression
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a social event involving a public performance or entertainment
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pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
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give an exhibition of to an interested audience
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establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
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provide evidence for
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make visible or noticeable
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show in, or as in, a picture
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give expression to
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indicate a place, direction, person, or thing
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be or become visible or noticeable
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indicate a certain reading
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give evidence of, as of records
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take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums
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finish third or better in a horse or dog race
To cause or allow to be seen; display.
To display for sale, in exhibition, or in competition: showed her most recent paintings.
To conduct; guide: showed them to the table.
To direct one’s attention to; point out: show them the biggest squash in the garden.
To manifest (an emotion or a condition, for example); reveal: showed displeasure at his remark; a carpet that shows wear.
To permit access to (a house, for example) when offering for sale or rent.
To reveal (oneself) as in one’s behavior or condition: The old boat showed itself to be seaworthy.
To indicate; register: The altimeter showed that the plane was descending.
To demonstrate by reasoning or procedure: showed that the hypothesis was wrong; a film that showed how to tune a piano.
To demonstrate to by reasoning or procedure; inform or prove to: showed him how to fix the camera; showed her that it could really happen.
To grant; bestow: showed no mercy to the traitors.
To plead; allege: show cause.
To be or become visible or evident.
To make an appearance; show up: didn’t show for her appointment.
To give a performance or present an exhibition.
To finish third or better in a horserace or dog race.
A display; a manifestation: made a show of strength.
A trace or an indication, as of oil in a well.
The discharge of bloody mucus from the vagina indicating the start of labor.
The first discharge of blood in menstruation.
A false appearance; a pretense: only a show of kindness.
A striking appearance or display; a spectacle.
A pompous or ostentatious display.
Display or outward appearance: This antique tea service is just for show.
A public exhibition or entertainment.
A radio or television program.
A movie.
A theatrical troupe or company.
An affair or undertaking: ran the whole show.
Third place at the finish, as in a horserace.
To be clearly visible.
To put in an appearance; arrive.
To expose or reveal the true character or nature of: showed their efforts up as a waste of time.
To surpass, as in ability or intelligence.
To display one’s cards with faces up.
These verb s mean to present something to view.
adj - to cause or permit to be seen [v SHOWED, SHOWN, SHOWING, SHOWS] : SHOWABLE