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display
has definitions from the fields of fine art,horse racing
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[ verb ] to show, make visible or apparent
Examples : "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month" "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?" "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship.." Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)If so , it might be worth_while to assign a future jazz show to a different department - one with enough confidence in the musical material to cut_down on the number of performers and give them a_little room to display their talents . Complete with crowd effects , interruptions by jet_planes , and sundry other touches of realism , this disc displays London 's new technique to the best effect . (The Providence Journal...)And little Zeme_North , a Dora with real spirit and verve , was fascinating whether she was singing of her love for Floyd , the cop who becomes sewer commissioner and then is promoted into garbage , or just dancing to display her exuberant feelings . (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)The route to the park may lead people past them or display views of them . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)Dreams that display events of the future with photographic detail call_for a theory explaining their basic mystery and all its components , including that weird feeling of deja_vu , inevitably fantastic though that theory must seem . |
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[ noun ] something intended to communicate a particular impression
Synonyms Examples "made a display of strength" "a show of impatience" "a good show of looking interested" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)For display , Dr._Baum uses a portion of an * * f , an airborne radar indicator , and_then photographs the screen to obtain a permanent record . (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)Even the officer in_charge , be it a captain ( for small display ) or a general , is restrained by monitoring . (Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)During much of the fifteen mile ride they had watched a lurid display of lightning in the sky to the east . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (fine art,horse racing) something shown to the public
Examples "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art" Used in print (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)There was no display of either works_in_progress or of finished work . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make clear and visible
Examples "The article revealed the policies of the government" Used in print (William Gomberg, "Unions and the Anti-Trust Laws"...)( The penalties handed_out in the electrical case , which included jail sentences , were unprecedented in anti-trust prosecutions , perhaps because the conspirators had displayed unusual ineptness in their pricing activities . ) (National Review, xi: 26...)The controlling pattern was first displayed in the Hungary-Suez crisis of November 1956 . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a visual representation of something
Synonyms Used in print (Sports Age, 24:9...)We saw similar displays in the other three campgrounds in this 70 mile long National_Seashore_Recreation_Area . Related terms |
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[ verb ] attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals
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[ noun ] exhibiting openly in public view
Examples "a display of courage" Related terms visual_communication sight presentation screening ostentation array acting_out flaunt reveal |
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[ noun ] behavior that makes your feelings public
Examples "a display of emotion" Related terms |
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[ noun ] an electronic device that represents information in visual form
Related terms electronic_device display_panel screen window monitor digital_display caller_ID raster |
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