Show Definition
Of or having to do with a show, specif. a Broadway or Hollywood musical.
- To get started.
- To display one's cards with faces up.
- To state one's intentions or reveal one's resources, especially when previously hidden.
- To depart from quickly; flee.
- To occupy (someone) with amusing things; entertain.
- in order to attract notice or attention
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Show
- get the show on the road
- show (one's) hand
- show (one's) heels
- show (someone) a good time
- for show
- get the show on the road
- good show!
- show someone in (or out)
- show off
- show up
- show someone up
- stand a show
- steal the show
Origin of Show
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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”), Eastern Frisian scoe (“to look, behold”), Dutch schouwen (“to inspect, view”), German schauen (“to see, behold”), Danish skue (“to behold”), Icelandic skygna (“to spy, behold, see”). Related to sheen.
From Wiktionary
Middle English sheuen, shouen from Old English scēawian to look at, display
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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