noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a film is showing ( also a film is on British English ) (= it is being shown at a cinema )
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The film is on at the Odeon Cinema.
a gallery is showing/exhibiting sth
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The gallery is showing a series of watercolour works.
be on/be showing at the cinema
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Do you know what’s on at the cinema?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
good
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Timber held its own, but needed a good showing from Southerns to do so.
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It follows his good showing in Labour's shadow cabinet elections yesterday.
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They will need a good showing to put themselves back in contention for a place in Britain's Olympic squad.
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After his good showing the previous autumn Nathan was coming too.
poor
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By comparison with this vitality, Chichester made a comparatively poor showing .
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In my view, the above-quoted explanations for the poor showing , although valid, are too superficial.
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The poor showing of school work experience is striking.
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But the alternative - to have him believing her poor showing had been caused by drugs, was equally untenable.
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The Social and Liberal Democrats also performed well - in contrast to their poor opinion poll showing .
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For what a poor showing they had made, the four of them, that afternoon!
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I'd make a very poor showing in a court.
strong
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Morrison's strong showing in recent years reflects its performance as a recession-proof business.
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Influenced by our strong local-government showing in Birmingham and the Midlands, I advised June and that was clearly the majority view.
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As in the Patiño sale, decorative works of art made a strong showing .
■ VERB
make
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By comparison with this vitality, Chichester made a comparatively poor showing .
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The starter's flag had now officially fallen, and Peter McKenzie was determined to make an immediate showing .
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Her husband Francis had made a slightly better showing than her daughter Jennifer, who was looking particularly ragged.
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Twenty parties are registered to fight the election and some of the smaller ones are making a respectable showing .
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Children comparing ideas about keeping healthy could make a class graph showing what they consider contributes to health.
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But they make very little showing in the archaeological record.
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I'd make a very poor showing in a court.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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We went to the 7:30 showing at the theater on Third Avenue.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But tomorrow it comes to the region for its second national showing .
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I rather gather Geoffrey, my youngest, has got a nice mare showing .
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In my view, the above-quoted explanations for the poor showing , although valid, are too superficial.