English - Alternative Forms

• shew (archaic)

English - Etymology

From Middle English schewen, schawen, scheawen, from Old English scēawian (“to look, look at, observe, gaze, behold, see, look on with favor, look favorably on, regard, have respect for, look at with care, consider, inspect, examine, scrutinize, reconnoiter, look out, look for, seek for, select, choose, provide, show (favor, respect, etc.), exhibit, display, grant, decree”), from Proto-Germanic *skauwōną, *skawwōną (“to look, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱou-, *(s)ḱeu- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”); see haw, caveo, caution. Cognate with Scots shaw (“to show”), , Dutch schouwen (“to inspect, view”), German schauen (“to see, behold”), Danish skue (“to behold”), Icelandic skygna (“to spy, behold, see”). Related to sheen.

English - Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /ʃəʊ/
• (US): enPR: shō, IPA^(key): /ʃoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

English - Verb

show (third-person singular simple present shows, present participle showing, simple past showed, past participle shown or showed)

1. (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).

   The car's dull finish showed years of neglect.

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

2. (transitive) To bestow; to confer.

   to show mercy; to show favour

3. (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
4. (transitive) To guide or escort.

   Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.

5. (intransitive) To be visible, to be seen.

   Your bald patch is starting to show.

   • John Dryden (1631-1700)

     Just such she shows before a rising storm.

   • Tennyson (1809-1892)

     All round a hedge upshoots, and shows / At distance like a little wood.

6. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.

   We waited for an hour, but they never showed.

7. (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
8. (intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.

   In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.

9. (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
   • William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

     My lord of York, it better showed with you.

Usage notes

In the past, shew was used as a past tense form and shewed as a past participle of this verb; both forms are now archaic.

Synonyms

• (display): display, indicate, point out, reveal, exhibit
• (indicate a fact to be true): demonstrate, prove
• (put in an appearance): arrive, show up

Antonyms

• (display): conceal, cover up, hide
• (indicate a fact to be true): disprove, refute

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• showcase
• showdown

English - Noun

show (plural shows)

1. (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
2. (countable) An exhibition of items.

   art show;  dog show

3. (countable) A demonstration.

   show of force

4. (countable) A broadcast program/programme.

   radio show;  television show

5. (countable) A movie.

   Let's catch a show.

6. (uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance.
   • Young

     I envy none their pageantry and show.

   The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.

7. A project or presentation.

   Let's get on with the show.   Let's get this show on the road.   They went on an international road show to sell the shares to investors.   It was Apple's usual dog and pony show.

8. (baseball, with “the”) The major leagues.

   He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show.

9. (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Raymond to this entry?)

10. (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
    • Bible, Luke xx. 46. 47

      Beware of the scribes, […] which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.

    • John Milton

      He through the midst unmarked, / In show plebeian angel militant / Of lowest order, passed.

11. (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.

Synonyms

• (exhibition): exhibition, exposition
• (demonstration): demonstration, illustration, proof
• (broadcast program(me)): program(me)
• (mere display with no substance): façade, front, superficiality
• (baseball): big leagues

Derived terms

• showbusiness, showbiz
• show business
• showlike
• showy
• talk show

Translations

See also

• showman
• showpiece
• show-stopper
• show-stopping

English - Anagrams

• hows, how's
• who's

Finnish - Noun

show

1. show (entertainment)

Declension

Usage notes

In plural usually substituted with a synonym, as the word does not easily fit into any Finnish declension category.

Synonyms

• esitys, näytös

Hungarian - Etymology

From English show.

Hungarian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃoː/

Hungarian - Noun

show (plural show-k)

1. show

Declension

Hungarian - References

1. ^ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Norwegian Bokmål - Etymology

Borrowing from English show

Norwegian Bokmål - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʂɔʋ/, /ʂɔu/
• Rhymes: -ɔʋ, -ɔu

Norwegian Bokmål - Noun

show n

1. show (play, concert, entertainment)

Inflection

Norwegian Nynorsk - Etymology

Borrowing from English show

Norwegian Nynorsk - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʂɔʋ/, /ʂɔu/
• Rhymes: -ɔʋ, -ɔu

Norwegian Nynorsk - Noun

show n

1. show (play, concert, entertainment)

Inflection

Portuguese - Noun

show m (plural shows)

1. show

Spanish - Etymology

From English.

Spanish - Noun

show m (plural shows)

1. show
2. (informal) A scandal
3. spectacle
4. An exhibition motivated action or thing

Swedish - Etymology

From English.

Swedish - Noun

show c

1. show; a play, dance, or other entertainment.

Declension

قافية