to show
645
1.0
- verb
- /ʃoʊ/
- US
- And you sit him down and you show him a film.
- a picture shows
- a photograph shows
- a photo shows
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Watch on YouTubeShe thinks I could show that on TV.
- She thinks I could show that on TV.
- Good Lord, can we even show that on CBS?
- And those parts shown, are they rendered parts?
- One of his close friends showed me actual footage.
- Imagine that you're shown the same film in reverse.
- Within thirteen years, I'm showing you these beating heart cells.
- It's like an earthworm being shown the schematics of a rocket ship.
Examples
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They show her at the Waters family summer cottage in upstate New York.
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Soon, the lava from the volcano is shown meandering down the mountain and engulfing villages.
Academic text (2012) -
And the more that you can show that on screen, right?
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So let me show you some of that.
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You should show him a picture.
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I got something to show you.
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The first one I want to show is my pilot cockpit.
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Look, why don't you just show us your Vietnam scar, Mr. Malden?
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To illustrate her point, she showed a well-known clip from the epic 1977 film saga.
Academic text (2017) -
The artist wanted to show her latest painting in the gallery next month.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
Introduce information or ideas to a group
422
1.9
To show something so other people can see it
250
3.5
To explain something using pictures or examples
185
3.5
To show something in a picture or in words
170
3.4
To show something to the public or show a feeling
121
3.1
Point to a place, person, direction or thing
66
2.6
Describe something in a particular way to show an idea
53
2.5
To make an image of a person or thing
49
6.3
To show an idea in an artistic way, for example in music, art, or translation
24
6.5
To take a scan or picture of a body part to check for problems
19
4.1
Make something able to be seen using tools like scanners
14
3.7
To show a person or thing in art like a painting
Antonyms
Idioms
A saying that theatre or film work is more exciting, rewarding, and difficult than other jobs
1
9.9
Ask a woman to look at your art as a joke that suggests romantic or sexual interest
- Informal
To embarrass yourself by doing something awkward in front of other people
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
24
3.0
To make someone enjoy themselves, for example when they visit
Compounds
268
2.5
A television or radio program where famous people speak about topics and answer audience questions
- Offensive
56
6.8
An event that shows strange or shocking people and acts for entertainment
- Literature
50
1.0
A TV or radio program that reports current events and includes interviews and discussion
- UK
6
2.5
A TV or radio programme where famous people talk about topics and answer audience questions
- Offensive
5
9.9
A stage show where performers paint their faces black and act in a mean, exaggerated way about Black people
- Offensive
3
5.7
A performance where a person slowly removes their clothes to music as a sexual display
- Archaic
3
6.3
A live show with cowboys riding horses, shooting, and showing life in the old West
- Literature
2
3.2
A TV program before a sports event that gives analysis, highlights, and interviews
2
8.1
A nickname for the US state Missouri because its people are practical and do not believe things easily
1
2.9
A public show where moving pictures and sound tell a story, like a film at a cinema
A traveling American show from the 1880s that showed horse riding, shooting and frontier life
- Archaic
1
5.5
A show that tells a story with moving images and sound like a movie
- Jargon
1
4.8
A series of presentations in different cities to meet people who might invest
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word show comes from the old English sceawian, 'to look' or 'make visible', so an artist or photographer 'shows' a scene by making it visible in a picture.