showing
- noun
- /ˈʃoʊɪŋ/
- As always, we recommend that you don't tarry in buying your tickets because showings sell out.
- movie showings
- midnight showings
- p.m. showings
I always go on every first showing and here's why.
- I always go on every first showing and here's why.
- I want you to make a decision showing time showings are up ready.
Examples
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I sit through two showings, filling up on Diet Cokes and the warmth of the people around me.
Fiction book (1999) -
The theater scheduled multiple showings of the documentary throughout the weekend.
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I always go on every first showing and here's why.
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The movie opened across the world Friday with midnight showings in the U.S.
Blog text (17) -
Not a large crowd, but certainly a few more than I am used to seeing at 1 p.m. showings.
Blog text (5) -
Sadly, however, the 2D showings tend to be in the tiny box screens and not the larger ones.
Blog text (23) -
I then want to have a weekend of showings at a theater like the Renaissance Center, Royal Oak, or Palladium in Birmingham.
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Unlike Adam Gropnik, I didn't have a child at any midnight showings of The Dark Knight Rises.
Blog text (21) -
Last week there were only the trilogy, the 12:01, the 12:02, and the 12:03 showings.
Blog text (15) -
During his years as a landscape photographer, Muench has photographed for more than forty books and has participated in numerous one-man showings.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
An event like a play or concert that people watch
A live show of a play, concert, or dance for an audience
To give information to a group using a talk or slides
An open showing of a feeling, quality, or knowledge
A performance of a play, film, or show for an audience
A public show of skill or ability, often in a performance
An event when people go to see something like a film or artwork
A showing of a movie for an audience
A set of live performances like music or dance for an audience
Presenting a play with choices about sets, lights, and actors
A film shown in a cinema for people to watch
A public performance of a play
A way of showing something to people, often in a dramatic way
An event where actors act a play for an audience
A show that tells a story with moving images and sound like a movie
A public show where moving pictures and sound tell a story, like a film at a cinema
How Public
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Showing comes from the simple verb show meaning 'to let people see' and the ending -ing meaning 'an event', so a showing is the time when a film, play, or TV programme is put before an audience.