Noun
- 1. screening, showing, viewing, display
- usage: the display of a motion picture
- 2. display, exhibit, showing, show
- usage: something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"
Verb
- 1. show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate, show
- usage: give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
- 2. prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew, confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
- usage: establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
- 3. testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show, inform
- usage: provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
- 4. show
- usage: make visible or noticeable; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please"
- 5. picture, depict, render, show, represent, interpret
- usage: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
- 6. express, show, evince, convey
- usage: give expression to; "She showed her disappointment"
- 7. indicate, point, designate, show, inform
- usage: indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"
- 8. show, show up, appear
- usage: be or become visible or noticeable; "His good upbringing really shows"; "The dirty side will show"
- 9. read, register, show, record, indicate
- usage: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
- 10. show, read, register, show, record
- usage: give evidence of, as of records; "The diary shows his distress that evening"
- 11. usher, show, lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
- usage: take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats"
- 12. show, race, run
- usage: finish third or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to show"
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