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Noun showing has 2 senses
- screening, showing, viewing - the display of a motion picture
--1 is a kind of display
--1 has particulars: preview
- display, exhibit, showing - something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"
--2 is a kind of show
--2 has particulars: parade; light show
Verb show has 13 senses
- show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate - show or demonstrate something to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
--1 is one way to show
Sample sentences:
The parents show a French poem to the children
The parents show the children a French poem
- prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew - 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"
--2 is one way to confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show - provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
--3 is one way to inform
Sample sentence:
They show that there was a traffic accident
- show - make visible or noticeable; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please"
Antonyms: hide, conceal
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- picture, depict, render, show - 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"
--5 is one way to represent, interpret
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- express, show, evince - give expression to; "She showed her disappointment"
--6 is one way to convey, impart
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- indicate, point, show - 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"
--7 is one way to inform
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- reveal, display, show - make clear and visible; "The article revealed the policies of the government"
--8 is one way to communicate, pass on, pass, put across
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- show, show up - be or become visible or noticeable; "His good upbringing really shows"; "The dirty side will show"
--9 is one way to appear
Sample sentence:
The moon will soon show
- read, register, show, record - indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
--10 is one way to indicate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- show - give evidence of, as of records; "The diary shows his distress that evening"
--11 is one way to read, register, show, record
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- usher, show - show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats"
--12 is one way to lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- show - finish third or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to show"
--13 is one way to race, run
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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