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show

[shoh] / ʃoʊ /










Usage

What are other ways to say show? The noun show often indicates an external appearance that may or may not accord with actual facts: a show of modesty. Display applies to an intentionally conspicuous show: a great display of wealth. Ostentation is vain, ambitious, pretentious, or offensive display: tasteless and vulgar ostentation. Pomp suggests such a show of dignity and authority as characterizes a ceremony of state: The coronation was carried out with pomp and splendor.

Example Sentences

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The week before, I’d watched them play a show in Calabasas and felt something shift.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

While the Huskies drain 3-pointers and play airtight defense, the 53-year-old Hurley puts on his own show on the sideline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The BBC show challenges pairs of travellers to tackle an intrepid expedition with no phone and limited cash.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

With opposition factions still standing defiant after the poll, the conflict and ensuing humanitarian crisis show no sign of abating.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

She turns her folder around to show me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam