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Etymology

From Middle English schewen, schawen, scheawen, from Old English sc?awian (“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 *skaww?n? (“to look, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh?- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”); see haw, gaum, caveat, caution. Cognate with Scots shaw (“to show”), Saterland 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.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
2. (transitive) To bestow; to confer.
3. (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
4. (transitive) To guide or escort.
5. (intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
6. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
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.
9. (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.

Noun

show (countable and uncountable, plural shows)

1. (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
2. (countable) An exhibition of items.
3. (countable) A demonstration.
4. (countable) A broadcast program/programme.
5. (countable) A movie.
6. A project or presentation.
7. (uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
8. Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
9. (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
10. (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
11. (archaic) Pretence.
12. (archaic) Sign, token, or indication.
13. (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
14. (obsolete) Plausibility.
15. (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.

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