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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
show From the web:
- what shows are on paramount plus
- what shows are on discovery plus
- what shows are on hulu
- what shows are on hbo max
- what show should i watch
- what show has the most seasons
- what shows are on peacock
- what shows up on a background check
declare
English
Etymology
From Old French declarer, from Latin d?cl?r? (“to make clear”), from d?- + cl?rus (“clear”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??kle?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??kl??/, /d??kl??/
Verb
declare (third-person singular simple present declares, present participle declaring, simple past and past participle declared)
- (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:
- Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.
- 1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours
- To declare this a little, we must assume that the surfaces of all such bodies […] are exactly smooth.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:
- (intransitive) To make a declaration.
- Synonyms: disclose, make known; see also Thesaurus:announce
- (card games) To show one's cards in order to score.
- (transitive) To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.
- (transitive) To announce something formally or officially.
- (cricket) declare (an innings) closed
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- One South Korean opposition party called on Moon to declare the current air pollution problem a national disaster.
- One South Korean opposition party called on Moon to declare the current air pollution problem a national disaster.
- (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result
- (transitive) To affirm or state something emphatically.
- (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
- 1984, Richard Woodbury and Anastasia Toufexis, "Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time, 2 April:
- The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.
- 1984, Richard Woodbury and Anastasia Toufexis, "Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time, 2 April:
- (transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
- (transitive, programming) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- cedrela, cleared, creedal, relaced
Portuguese
Verb
declare
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of declarar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of declarar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of declarar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of declarar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [de?klare]
Verb
declare
- third-person singular present subjunctive of declara
- third-person plural present subjunctive of declara
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de?kla?e/, [d?e?kla.?e]
Verb
declare
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of declarar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of declarar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of declarar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of declarar.
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- what declares laws unconstitutional
- what declare mean
- what declares war
- what declared the coercive acts illegal
- what declares martial law
- what declares a car totaled
- what declares a pandemic
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