What is the meaning of showing?

noun

  • The display of a motion picture.
  • Something shown to the public.
    • usage: "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"

verb

  • Give an exhibition of to an interested audience.
    • usage: "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
  • Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment.
    • usage: "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
  • Provide evidence for.
    • usage: "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
  • Make visible or noticeable.
    • usage: "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please"
  • Show in, or as in, a picture.
    • usage: "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
  • Give expression to.
    • usage: "She showed her disappointment"
  • Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.
    • usage: "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"
  • Be or become visible or noticeable.
    • usage: "His good upbringing really shows"; "The dirty side will show"
  • Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments.
    • usage: "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
  • Give evidence of, as of records.
    • usage: "The diary shows his distress that evening"
  • Take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums.
    • usage: "The usher showed us to our seats"
  • Finish third or better in a horse or dog race.
    • usage: "he bet $2 on number six to show"
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APAWordNet. (2010). showing. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/showing/definitions/1310501
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "showing" http://smartdefine.org/showing/definitions/1310501 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, showing, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/showing/definitions/1310501>.
MLAWordNet. "showing" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/showing/definitions/1310501>
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