n. Function: verb
1 to set out or place on view for customers FF1C; we're showing lots of long dresses this fall FF1E;
Synonyms: display, offer
Related Words: afford, supply; exhibit; present, proffer, submit; deal (in), sell
2 to reveal outwardly or make apparent FF1C; asked a question or two to show his intelligence FF1E;
Synonyms: demonstrate, evidence, evince, exhibit, illustrate, manifest, mark, ostend, proclaim; compare LOOK 4
Related Words: disclose, discover, divulge, lay out, reveal, unveil; pre-sent, project
Contrasted Words: camouflage, conceal, dissemble, hide, obscure
Antonyms: disguise
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Synonyms: STAGE , mount, produce, put on
4 to present in such a way as to invite notice, attention, and admiration FF1C; she loved to show her jewels to every-one FF1E;
Synonyms: brandish, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, parade, show off, trot out
Related Words: air, lay out, set out, spread; blazon, flourish, sport, vaunt
Contrasted Words: belittle, deprecate, depreciate, minimize
5 to give an exact and usually automatic reading or indication of FF1C; the speedometer shows 70 MPH FF1E;
Synonyms: indicate, mark, read, record, register, say
Related Words: point (to); ring up
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Synonyms: LOOK 4, exhibit
Related Words: lay out, reveal, unveil
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Synonyms: GUIDE , conduct, direct, escort, lead, pilot, route, see, shepherd, steer
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Synonyms: ESTABLISH 6, demonstrate, determine, make out, prove
Related Words: present; plead; allege
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Synonyms: APPEAR 1, emerge, loom
Related Words: come, show up; materialize
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Synonyms: COME 1, arrive, ||blow in, get, get in, reach, show up, turn up
Idioms: ||make the scene, put in an appearance, show one's face
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Synonyms: TURN UP 3, show up