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SHOWING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something shown to the public
Example:
the museum had many exhibits of oriental art
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("showing" is a kind of...):
show (the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "showing"):
parade (a visible display)
light show (a display of colored lights moving in shifting patterns)
Derivation:
show (give an exhibition of to an interested audience)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The display of a motion picture
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("showing" is a kind of...):
display (exhibiting openly in public view)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "showing"):
preview (a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public)
Derivation:
show (give an exhibition of to an interested audience)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb show
Context examples:
A carcinoma that arises from the pancreas showing a mixture of ductal and neuroendocrine malignant cells in both the primary tumor and in the metastatic sites.
(Mixed Ductal-Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Pancreas, NCI Thesaurus)
The older man is showing documents which are of evident value.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Only once during those village years can I remember Champion Harrison showing me for an instant the sort of man that he had been.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then, showing her purchases—“Look here, I have bought this bonnet.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
So for an instant they stood, showing hard and clear against the white sail behind them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I could not help showing in my face how much it pleased me, but I said little, and he resumed his usual smile, and seemed relieved.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A carcinoma that arises from the pancreas showing both ductal and squamous differentiation.
(Pancreatic Adenosquamous Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
“It is only a quarter past four” showing his watch—“and you are not now in Bath.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Therefore showing a work to various others increases the probability that the weakness will be identified and fixed.
(Peer Review, NCI Thesaurus)
A drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts.
(Diagram, NCI Thesaurus)
