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"
- synonyms: show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate
- 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"
- synonyms: prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew
- Provide evidence for.
- usage: "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
- synonyms: testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show
- Make visible or noticeable.
- usage: "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please"
- synonyms: show
- 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"
- synonyms: show
- 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"
- synonyms: show
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