Meaning Of The Word Show

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A show of a feeling or quality is an attempt by someone to make it clear that they have that feeling or quality.
uncountable noun: If you say that something is for show, you mean that it has no real purpose and is done just to give a good impression.
verb: If a company shows a profit or a loss, its accounts indicate that it has made a profit or a loss.
verb: If a person you are expecting to meet does not show, they do not arrive at the place where you expect to meet them.
verb: If a picture, chart, film, or piece of writing shows something, it represents it or gives information about it.
verb: If something shows a quality or characteristic or if that quality or characteristic shows itself, it can be noticed or observed.
verb: If something shows or if you show it, it is visible or noticeable.
verb: If something shows that a state of affairs exists, it gives information that proves it or makes it clear to people.
verb: If you show a particular attitude, quality, or feeling, or if it shows, you behave in a way that makes this attitude, quality, or feeling clear to other people.
verb: If you show someone how to do something, you do it yourself so that they can watch you and learn how to do it.
verb: If you show someone something, you give it to them, take them to it, or point to it, so that they can see it or know what you are referring to.
verb: If you show someone to a room or seat, you lead them there.

show in American English
to bring or put in sight or view; cause or allow to appear or be seen; make visible; exhibit; display
intransitive verb: to be seen; be or become visible
transitive verb: to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display

show in British English
noun: a display or exhibition
verb: to make, be, or become visible or noticeable

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