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Noun
S:
(n)
screening (screening%1:10:00::)
,
showing (showing%1:10:01::)
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viewing (viewing%1:10:00::)
(the display of a motion picture)
S:
(n)
display (display%1:04:00::)
,
exhibit (exhibit%1:04:00::)
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showing (showing%1:04:00::)
(something shown to the public)
"the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"
Verb
S:
(v)
show (show%2:39:02::)
,
demo (demo%2:39:00::)
,
exhibit (exhibit%2:39:00::)
,
present (present%2:39:00::)
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demonstrate (demonstrate%2:39:01::)
(give an exhibition of to an interested audience)
"She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
S:
(v)
prove (prove%2:31:00::)
,
demonstrate (demonstrate%2:31:00::)
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establish (establish%2:31:00::)
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show (show%2:31:00::)
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shew (shew%2:31:00::)
(establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment)
"The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
S:
(v)
testify (testify%2:32:02::)
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bear witness (bear_witness%2:32:02::)
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prove (prove%2:32:00::)
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evidence (evidence%2:32:01::)
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show (show%2:32:00::)
(provide evidence for)
"The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
S:
(v)
show (show%2:39:00::)
(make visible or noticeable)
"She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please"
S:
(v)
picture (picture%2:36:00::)
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depict (depict%2:36:00::)
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render (render%2:36:04::)
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show (show%2:36:00::)
(show in, or as in, a picture)
"This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
S:
(v)
express (express%2:32:01::)
,
show (show%2:32:02::)
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evince (evince%2:32:00::)
(give expression to)
"She showed her disappointment"
S:
(v)
indicate (indicate%2:32:03::)
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point (point%2:32:00::)
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designate (designate%2:32:03::)
,
show (show%2:32:01::)
(indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively)
"I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"
S:
(v)
show (show%2:39:01::)
,
show up (show_up%2:39:00::)
(be or become visible or noticeable)
"His good upbringing really shows"; "The dirty side will show"
S:
(v)
read (read%2:32:02::)
,
register (register%2:32:00::)
,
show (show%2:32:04::)
,
record (record%2:32:03::)
(indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments)
"The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
S:
(v)
show (show%2:32:03::)
(give evidence of, as of records)
"The diary shows his distress that evening"
S:
(v)
usher (usher%2:38:00::)
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show (show%2:38:00::)
(take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums)
"The usher showed us to our seats"
S:
(v)
show (show%2:33:00::)
(finish third or better in a horse or dog race)
"he bet $2 on number six to show"