showing

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /ˈʃoʊɪŋ/ UK /ˈʃəʊɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a display, exhibition, or performance of something

Her showing at the gallery drew a surprisingly large crowd.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a display, exhibition, or... display exhibition presentation screening performance demonstration

Word family

Related forms show showy

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Proverbs (1)

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Eighty percent of life is showing up

Etymology

Verbal noun of show, from Old English sceawian ('to look at, behold, display'), from Proto-Germanic *skauwojaną ('to look').

sceawian Old English *skauwojaną Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# showing

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈʃoʊɪŋ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈʃəʊɪŋ/

## Meanings
1. a display, exhibition, or performance of something

## Examples
- Her showing at the gallery drew a surprisingly large crowd.

## Synonyms
- display
- exhibition
- presentation
- screening
- performance
- demonstration

## Related Forms
- show
- showy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sceawian
- Root: *skauwojaną

## Etymology
Verbal noun of show, from Old English sceawian ('to look at, behold, display'), from Proto-Germanic *skauwojaną ('to look').

## AI Etymology
Showing is the verbal noun of show, from Old English sceawian ('to look at, behold, display'), from Proto-Germanic *skauwojaną ('to look'). The historical chain includes Old English sceawian and Proto-Germanic *skauwojaną. Older glosses in the chain include "to look at, behold, display" and "to look", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, showing is best read as borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "a display, exhibition, or performance of something". related forms include show and showy. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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