show

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To let someone see something.

   She showed me the photos from her trip.

2. 2
   noun

   A performance or programme for an audience, on stage, TV, or radio.

   They wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway.

3. 3
   verb

   To explain or teach someone how to do something.

   Can you show me how to use this machine?

4. 4
   verb

   To make a feeling or quality clear through your actions or evidence.

   The test results showed that the treatment was working.

Common collocations

• watch a show Verb + noun
• fashion show Adjective + noun
• live show Adjective + noun
• talk show Adjective + noun
• put on a show Verb + noun
• show a pass Verb + noun
• hit show Adjective + noun
• attend a show Verb + noun
• host a show Verb + noun
• show grace Verb + noun
• show respect Verb + noun
• show wear Verb + noun

From Middle English schewen, from Old English scēawian (“to look, look at, exhibit, display”), from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”); see haw, gaum, caveat, caution. Cognate with Scots shaw (“to show”), Dutch schouwen (“to inspect, view”), German schauen (“to see, behold”), Danish skue (“to behold”). Related to sheen. Wider cognates include Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos), Latin caveō whence English caution and caveat, Sanskrit कवि (kaví, “seer, prophet, bard”), Proto-Slavic *čuti…

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