show

[ʃəu] 1. past tense - showed; verb

1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) vise

2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) være synlig

3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) vise; spille; udstille

4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) vise

5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) følge

6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) vise

7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) vise; bevise

8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) vise

2. noun

1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.) show; -show

2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) demonstration; -demonstration

3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) lade som om

4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) for et syns skyld

5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) forsøg

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- showy

- showiness
- show-business
- showcase
- showdown
- showground
- show-jumping
- showman
- showroom
- give the show away
- good show!
- on show
- show off
- show up

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[ʃəu] 1. past tense - showed; verb

1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) vise

2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) være synlig

3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) vise; spille; udstille

4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) vise

5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) følge

6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) vise

7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) vise; bevise

8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) vise

2. noun

1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.) show; -show

2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) demonstration; -demonstration

3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) lade som om

4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) for et syns skyld

5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) forsøg

•

- showy

- showiness
- show-business
- showcase
- showdown
- showground
- show-jumping
- showman
- showroom
- give the show away
- good show!
- on show
- show off
- show up