different between show vs ceremony
show
English
Alternative forms
- shew (archaic)
- shewe (obsolete)
- showe (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English schewen, schawen, scheawen, from Old English sc?awian (“to look, look at, exhibit, display”), from Proto-Germanic *skaww?n? (“to look, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh?- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”); see haw, gaum, caveat, caution.
Cognate with Scots shaw (“to show”), Saterland Frisian scoe (“to look, behold”), Dutch schouwen (“to inspect, view”), German schauen (“to see, behold”), Danish skue (“to behold”), Icelandic skygna (“to spy, behold, see”). Related to sheen.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation): IPA(key): /???/
- (General American): enPR: sh?, IPA(key): /?o?/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
show (third-person singular simple present shows, present participle showing, simple past showed or (archaic) shew, past participle shown or (now rare, US) showed)
- (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
- (transitive) To bestow; to confer.
- to show mercy; to show favour; (dialectal) show me the salt please
- (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
- A report this year in the Journal of Geophysical Research showed that the glacier has lost 60 percent of its mass.
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
- (transitive) To guide or escort.
- (intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
- Just such she shows before a rising storm.
- (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
- (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
- (intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
- (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
Usage notes
- The past participle shown was uncommon before the 19th century, but is now the preferred form in standard English. In the UK, showed is regarded as archaic or dialectal. In the US, it is considered a standard variant form, but shown is more common. Garner's Modern American Usage favors shown over showed as past participle and claims it is mandatory for passives.
- In the past, shew was used as a past-tense form and shewed as a past participle of this verb; both forms are now archaic.
Synonyms
- (display): display, indicate, point out, reveal, exhibit
- (indicate a fact to be true): demonstrate, prove
- (put in an appearance): arrive, show up
Antonyms
- (display): conceal, cover up, hide
- (indicate a fact to be true): disprove, refute
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- showcase
- showdown
Noun
show (countable and uncountable, plural shows)
- (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
- (countable) An exhibition of items.
- (countable) A broadcast program/programme.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Every day I do my morning show.
- Every day I do my morning show.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- (countable) A movie.
- (Australia, New Zealand, countable) An agricultural show.
- A project or presentation.
- Let's get on with the show. Let's get this show on the road. They went on an international road show to sell the shares to investors. It was Apple's usual dog and pony show.
- (countable) A demonstration.
- (uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
- 1728, Edward Young, The Love of Fame
- I envy none their pageantry and show.
- 1728, Edward Young, The Love of Fame
- Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 2
- So may the outward shows be least themselves:
- The world is still deceived with ornament.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene 2
- (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
- (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
- (archaic) Pretence.
- (archaic) Sign, token, or indication.
- (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
- Beware of the scribes, […] which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.
- (obsolete) Plausibility.
- (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
Synonyms
- (exhibition): exhibition, exposition
- (demonstration): demonstration, illustration, proof
- (broadcast program(me)): program(me)
- (mere display with no substance): façade, front, superficiality
- (baseball): big leagues
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
See also
- showman
- showpiece
- show-stopper
- show-stopping
References
Anagrams
- Hows, how's, hows, who's, whos
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English show.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?/
- Hyphenation: show
Noun
show m (plural shows, diminutive showtje n)
- A show (entertainment).
Derived terms
- modeshow
- showbiz
- showen
- talkshow
Finnish
Etymology
From English show.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ou?/, [??o?u?]
- IPA(key): /??o?/, [??o??]
- IPA(key): /?so?/, [?s?o??]
Noun
show
- show (entertainment)
Usage notes
In plural usually substituted with a synonym, as the word does not easily fit into any Finnish declension category.
Declension
Compounds
- jääshow
- lavashow
- muotishow
- ravintolashow
- televisioshow
- valoshow
Synonyms
- esitys, näytös
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o/
Noun
show m (plural shows)
- (Anglicism) show
Hungarian
Etymology
From English show.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??o?]
- Homophone: só
- Hyphenation: show
- Rhymes: -?o?
Noun
show (plural show-k)
- show (entertainment, programme, production, performance)
Declension
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English show.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???/, /??u/
- Rhymes: -??, -?u
Noun
show n (definite singular showet, indefinite plural show, definite plural showa or showene)
- a show (play, concert, entertainment)
Derived terms
- moteshow
- sceneshow
References
- “show” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English show.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???/, /??u/
- Rhymes: -??, -?u
Noun
show n (definite singular showet, indefinite plural show, definite plural showa)
- a show (play, concert, entertainment)
Derived terms
- moteshow
- sceneshow
References
- “show” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- chou (rare), xou (rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from English show.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /??ow/
Noun
show m (plural shows)
- show (a entertainment performance event)
- Synonyms: espetáculo, apresentação
- (especially) concert (musical presentation)
- (slang) an act or performance that demonstrates high skill; spectacle; display; feat
- (slang, often used in dar um show) the action of crying or yelling out loud in order to protest or complain about something, often in the context of a discussion or argument
Derived terms
- dar um show
- show de bola
Adjective
show (invariable, comparable)
- (Brazil, slang) amazing; awesome
- Synonyms: espetacular, excelente, maravilhoso
Spanish
Etymology
From English show.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ou/, [??ou?]
- IPA(key): /?t??ou/, [?t??ou?]
- IPA(key): /?sou/, [?sou?]
Noun
show m (plural shows)
- show
- (informal) a scandal
- spectacle
- an exhibition motivated action or thing
Swedish
Etymology
From English show.
Noun
show c
- show; a play, dance, or other entertainment.
Declension
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ceremony
English
Alternative forms
- cæremony, cærimony (both archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English cerymonye, from Latin caerimonia or caeremonia, later often cerimonia (“sacredness, reverence, a sacred rite”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s???m?ni/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s???mo?ni/
- Hyphenation: cer?e?mo?ny
Noun
ceremony (plural ceremonies)
- A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book Six, Canto 8, pp. 463-464,[1]
- To whom the Priest with naked armes full net
- Approching nigh, and murdrous knife well whet,
- Gan mutter close a certaine secret charme,
- With other diuelish ceremonies met:
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Numbers 9:3,[2]
- In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep [the passover] in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
- 1881, Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, London: Macmillan, Volume I, Chapter 1, p. 1,[3]
- Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book Six, Canto 8, pp. 463-464,[1]
- An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
- a graduation ceremony, an opening ceremony
- (uncountable) A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks; formality.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III, Scene 4,[4]
- […] to feed were best at home;
- From thence the sauce to meat is ceremony;
- Meeting were bare without it.
- 1928, W. Somerset Maugham, “Miss King” in Ashenden, New York: Avon, 1943, p. 37,[5]
- Monsieur Bridet, notwithstanding his costume and his evident harrassment, found in himself the presence of mind to remain the attentive manager, and with ceremony effected the proper introduction.
- 1959, C. S. Forester, Hunting the Bismarck, London: Michael Joseph,[6]
- They went into the bars and interrupted the drinking, hustling the men out without ceremony.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III, Scene 4,[4]
- (uncountable) Show of magnificence, display, ostentation.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, lines 752-756,[7]
- Meanwhile the winged Heralds, by command
- Of sovereign power, with awful ceremony
- And trumpet’s sound, throughout the host proclaim
- A solemn council forthwith to be held
- At Pandemonium […]
- 1829, Washington Irving, A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, Volume II, Chapter 46, p. 254,[8]
- Immediately after her arrival, the queen rode forth to survey the camp and its environs: wherever she went, she was attended by a splendid retinue; and all the commanders vied with each other, in the pomp and ceremony with which they received her.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, lines 752-756,[7]
- (obsolete) An accessory or object associated with a ritual.
- c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act IV, Scene 1,[9]
- […] his ceremonies laid by, in his nakedness he appears but a man […]
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act II, Scene 2,[10]
- […] Well, believe this,
- No ceremony that to great ones ’longs,
- Not the king’s crown, nor the deputed sword,
- The marshal’s truncheon, nor the judge’s robe,
- Become them with one half so good a grace
- As mercy does.
- c. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act IV, Scene 1,[9]
- (obsolete) An omen or portent.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 1,[11]
- For he is superstitious grown of late,
- Quite from the main opinion he held once
- Of fantasy, of dreams, and ceremonies.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 2,[12]
- Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies,
- Yet now they fright me.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 1,[11]
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- ceremony in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- ceremony at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “ceremony”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- ceremony in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Middle English
Noun
ceremony
- Alternative form of cerymonye
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