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showed
[shoh] 
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show
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | actively exhibit something |
| Synonyms: | afford, air, arrive, attend, bare, blazon, brandish, deal in, demonstrate, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, flourish, lay bare, lay out, mount, offer, parade, present, produce, proffer, put on, reveal, sell, set out, show off, showcase, sport, spread, stage, streak, submit, supply, trot out, unfold, unfurl, unveil, vaunt, wave |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grant |
| Synonyms: | accord, act with, bestow, confer, dispense, give |
| Antonyms: | deny, refuse, veto |
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accompany |
| Synonyms: | attend, conduct, direct, escort, guide, lead, pilot, route, see, shepherd, steer |
| Antonyms: | abandon, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | adduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affirm |
| Synonyms: | cite, illustrate, point out, prove, show |
| Notes: | deduce means to conclude by reasoning or in logic; adduce means to cite as proof or evidence; deduct means to take away from or subtract from another |
| Main Entry: | advertise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | publicize for the purpose of selling or causing one to want |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advance, advise, announce, apprise, ballyhoo, beat the drum for, bill, blazon, boost*, build up, circularize, communicate, declare, disclose, display, divulge, drum, endorse, exhibit, expose, flaunt, get on soapbox for, hard sell, herald, hype*, inform, make a pitch, make known, notify, pitch, plug, press agent, proclaim, promote, promulgate, puff, push, put on the map, reveal, show, soft sell, splash*, sponsor, spot, tout, uncover, unmask |
| Antonyms: | hide, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offer information |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, apprise, clue in, clue*, fill in, give the word, inform, keep posted, lay it out, let in on, make known, notify, post*, put next to, put on the line, put on to, report, show, tell, tip off, update, warn |
| Antonyms: | keep mum, keep quiet, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into sight |
| Synonyms: | arise, arrive, attend, be present, be within view, blow in, bob up, break through, breeze in, check in, clock in, come, come forth, come into view, come out, come to light, crop up, develop, drop in, emerge, expose, issue, loom, make the scene, materialize, occur, pop in, pop up, present, punch in, punch the clock, recur, ring in, rise, roll in, show, show up, spring, surface, time in, turn out, turn up |
| Antonyms: | disappear, hide |
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to convince; present support |
| Synonyms: | appeal, assert, attest, claim, contend, controvert, defend, demonstrate, denote, display, elucidate, establish, evince, exhibit, explain, hold, imply, indicate, justify, maintain, manifest, persuade, plead, present, prevail upon, reason, show, suggest, talk into, testify, vindicate, warrant, witness |
| Antonyms: | agree, comply |
| Main Entry: | array |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange in collection or order |
| Synonyms: | align, display, exhibit, form, group, line up, methodize, organize, parade, range, set, show, systematize |
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