display
Usage
What are other ways to say display?
Display applies to intentionally conspicuous show: a great display of wealth. Show often indicates an external appearance that may or may not accord with actual facts: a show of modesty. Ostentation is vain, ambitious, pretentious, or offensive display: tasteless and vulgar ostentation. Pomp suggests such a show of dignity and authority as characterizes a ceremony of state: The coronation was carried out with pomp and splendor.Example Sentences
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To display his photographs in rapid succession, Muybridge invented a device that birthed the motion picture.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
The girls see the appeal in some of the toys on display, with Bella-May particularly taken with a pair of roller skates.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
The world number 39's lack of match practice was clear in a display where she produced arguably one of the lowest levels of her career in a 23-minute first set.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Her mastery of metal is on full, glorious display at the Guggenheim in the artist’s first museum survey.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
"It is given for the best display of sportsmanship during the race," she said.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Vocabulary lists containing display
Essential English Vocabulary, List 4
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