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Show

verb

(past showed; past part. shown; pres. part. showing)

Give an exhibition of to an interested audience. Synonyms: demo, demonstrate, exhibit, present. "We will demo the new software in Washington"

Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment. Synonyms: demonstrate, establish, prove, shew. "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

Provide evidence for. Synonyms: bear witness, evidence, prove, testify. "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"

Make visible or noticeable. "Show me your etchings, please"

Show in, or as in, a picture. Synonyms: depict, picture, render. "The face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"

Give expression to. Synonyms: evince, express.

Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively. Synonyms: designate, indicate, point. "He pointed to the empty parking space" , "He indicated his opponents"

Be or become visible or noticeable. Synonym: show up. "The dirty side will show"

Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments. Synonyms: read, record, register. "The gauge read 'empty'"

10.

Give evidence of, as of records.

11.

Take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums. Synonym: usher.

12.

Finish third or better in a horse or dog race.

noun

The act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining.

Something intended to communicate a particular impression. Synonym: display. "A show of impatience" , "A good show of looking interested"

A social event involving a public performance or entertainment.

Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression. Synonym: appearance. "That ceremony is just for show"

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— Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 • Various

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— The Infant System - For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, - from One to Seven years of Age • Samuel Wilderspin

... young green; the calm rich purple of the sunset spread over the whole scene; and as Wilton rode down a winding yellow road, amidst rich woods and gentle slopes of land, into the fine old park that surrounded the mansion, he could see enough to show him that all the picturesque beauty, which was far more congenial to his heart and his feelings than even the finest works of art, was there in store for ...

— The King's Highway • G. P. R. James

... In this respect the representations are somewhat similar to the nith contests of the Greenlanders. As I have noticed the dances at length elsewhere,[26] I shall only give a brief survey here, sufficient to show their place in ...

— The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo • Ernest William Hawkes

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