show up
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.60 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To make visible or expose faults and deficiencies in, usually by outdoing, outperforming, or outcompeting another.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Please come on time; don't just show up whenever you feel like it."
- "No matter how many I throw away, more copies always show up."
- "“We showed up. We showed up,” Mr. Biden said at a news conference at the United Nations summit on climate change, known as COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland. “The fact that China is trying to assert, understandably, a new role in the world as a world leader, not showing up? Huh. The single most important thing that’s gotten the attention of the world is climate.”"
- "That afternoon, her mother, Susan Billig, confirmed Amy didn’t make it to the gallery, so she immediately phoned the friends Amy was supposed to meet at the park. They confirmed that Amy did not show up for lunch."
- "Stains really show up on this white tablecloth."
- "This bright light shows up the dust in the corners of the room."