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showing

showing

3 2.1
A time when people can watch a film or play
  • noun
  • /ˈʃoʊɪŋ/
translation icon : proyección
  • 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.

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Examples

  • 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.

  • I always go on every first showing and here's why.

  • 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.

    Blog text (20)
  • 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

show
vsshowing
1.0

An event like a play or concert that people watch

is specifically about presenting films, plays, or television to an audience
performance
vsshowing
539 2.7

A live show of a play, concert, or dance for an audience

includes live acts but also covers film or television presentations
presentation
vsshowing
435 3.5

To give information to a group using a talk or slides

focuses on entertainment occasions rather than informative talks or displays
display
vsshowing
196 2.2

An open showing of a feeling, quality, or knowledge

is the scheduled event when an entertainment piece is presented to viewers
production
vsshowing
156 3.7

A performance of a play, film, or show for an audience

is the single occasion those productions are presented to an audience
exhibition
vsshowing
66 3.2

A public show of skill or ability, often in a performance

concerns entertainment presentations like films, plays, or television events
viewing
vsshowing
54 2.3

An event when people go to see something like a film or artwork

focuses more on films, plays, or television presented to an audience
screening
vsshowing
21 2.8

A showing of a movie for an audience

is the general occasion for films, plays, or television being presented
program
vsshowing
  • US
18 2.1

A set of live performances like music or dance for an audience

is a single occasion when a film, play, or programme is presented
staging
vsshowing
10 4.3

Presenting a play with choices about sets, lights, and actors

is the event when the work is actually presented to an audience
picture show
vsshowing
  • Archaic
10 2.5

A film shown in a cinema for people to watch

is broader and applies to films, live plays, or television events
representation
vsshowing
  • UK
3 4.5

A public performance of a play

is the general occasion for plays, films, or television being presented
presentment
vsshowing
  • Archaic
1 8.5

A way of showing something to people, often in a dramatic way

is the scheduled occasion of films, plays, or television for viewers
1 3.5

An event where actors act a play for an audience

is broader, covering films and television as well as live drama
moving-picture show
vsshowing
  • Archaic
1 5.5

A show that tells a story with moving images and sound like a movie

includes that medium along with live or broadcast presentations
2.9

A public show where moving pictures and sound tell a story, like a film at a cinema

covers that medium but also live plays and television presentations

How Public

premiere
179 4.4
re-release
  • UK
3.6
showing
3 2.1
screening
21 2.8
preview
183 2.9

Surface Forms

showing singular
showings plural

Morphology

showing = show (transparent) = show + ing

Deverbal nominalization with -ing meaning the event of presenting a film/play; straightforwardly derived from 'show'.

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.