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showing noun [ ˈʃəʊɪŋ ]

• the action of showing something, or the fact of being shown.
• "Alsatian dog, championship quality, excellent results in showing"
Origin: Old English scēawung .

show verb

• allow or cause (something) to be visible.
• "a white blouse will show the blood"
Similar: be visible, be seen, be in view, manifest, appear, be revealed, be obvious,
Opposite: be invisible,
• allow (a quality or emotion) to be perceived; display.
• "it was Frank's turn to show his frustration"
Similar: manifest, make manifest, exhibit, reveal, convey, communicate, make known, indicate, express, proclaim, intimate, make plain, make obvious, signify, evince, evidence, disclose, betray, divulge, give away,
Opposite: suppress,
• demonstrate or prove.
• "experts say this shows the benefit of regular inspections"
Similar: prove, demonstrate, confirm, show beyond doubt, manifest, produce/submit proof, produce/submit evidence, establish evidence, evince, witness to, give substance to, determine, demonstrate the truth of, convince someone, substantiate, corroborate, verify, establish, ratify, validate, authenticate, attest, certify, testify, document, bear out,
• finish third or in the first three in a race.
• "Greenough was the only other rider clear in round one, but she failed to show for the tiebreaker"
Origin: Old English scēawian ‘look at, inspect’, from a West Germanic base meaning ‘look’; related to Dutch schouwen and German schauen .


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