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CEFRA1

[ʃow]

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To let someone see or know something.

  2. 02

    noun

    A performance or program for entertainment.

Examples

  • I was wondering if you were going to show up today.

  • If you teach me how to dance, I will show you my hidden scars.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ʃo(w)/
  • /ʃoʊ/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To bestow; to confer.

  2. To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.

  3. To display, to have somebody see (something).

More examples

In context

  • The figures clearly show that her claims are false.

  • All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper.

  • I do some sculpturing, but I don't like to show anybody.

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Origin

verb

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 (whence Russian чу́ять (čújatʹ) and many more).