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Definitions

show

[shoh] / ʃoʊ /










Usage

What are other ways to say show? The noun show often indicates an external appearance that may or may not accord with actual facts: a show of modesty. Display applies to an intentionally conspicuous show: a great display of wealth. 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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City's win leaves them only two points behind the Gunners, who showed signs of creaking under pressure as they cast aside a two-goal lead to draw with relegation certainties Wolverhampton Wanderers in midweek.

From BBC

Official figures from the Catholic Church of England and Wales and the Church of England show long-term declines in attendance.

From BBC

Although he was initially booked for diving a VAR review showed the goalkeeper stood on his foot, and the veteran forward sent Courtois the wrong way from the spot.

From Barron's

"I can show my pure emotions and pure energy that I have," he said.

From Barron's

“Women don’t want to see your fish,” a man reads in one ad, referring to the trope of men showing off fish they’ve caught in dating-app profiles.

From The Wall Street Journal