How do you use the word "show" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "show" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "show": 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.

Show Meaning

/ʃəʊ/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo display, to have somebody see (something).

verbTo bestow; to confer.

Sentence 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.

The figures clearly show that her claims are false.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

present demo prove

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The famous magician will ____ his new tricks to the excited audience.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The talented magician is going to ____ the audience a series of amazing tricks during tonight's performance.

Word Origin & History

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).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head." — 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

"He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair." — 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 162:

"Just such she shows before a rising storm." — 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

"All round a hedge upshoots, and shows / At distance like a little wood." — 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Day-Dream. The Sleeping Palace.”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 151:

"'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed." — 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

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