Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

show

/ʃoʊ/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.68 in modern English

Syllables
show
IPA
/ʃoʊ/
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.

Transitive verb

verb

To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.

Transitive verb

verb

To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.

Transitive verb

verb

To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.

Transitive verb

verb

To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.

Transitive verb

verb

To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.

Transitive verb

verb

To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.

Transitive verb

verb

To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *skawwōną Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn Old English scēawian Middle English schewen English show From Middle English schewen, from Old English scēawian (“to look, look at, exhibit, display”), from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”); see haw, gaum, caveat, caution. Cognate with Scots shaw (“to show”), Dutch schouwen (“to inspect, view”), German schauen (“to see, behold”), Danish skue (“to behold”). Related to sheen. Wider cognates include Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos), Latin caveō whence English caution and caveat, Sanskrit कवि (kaví, “seer, prophet, bard”), Proto-Slavic *čuti (whence Russian чу́ять (čújatʹ) and many more).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *(s)kewh₁-, schewen, scēawian, *skauwōn, *skawwōną, schewe

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ʃoʊ/
  • British English: /ʃəʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

shows (present, singular) showing (participle, present) showed (past) shew (archaic, past) shown (participle, past) showed (US, participle) no-table-tags (table tags) glossary (inflection template) showed (first person, past) showest (archaic, present) showed (past, second person) showedst (archaic, past)

Derived Forms

foreshow forthshow outshow overshow preshow reshow showability showable showee shower aftershow aquashow

Phrases

go to show have something to show for something show a clean pair of heels show a leg show a little ginger show and share show and tell show ankle

Frequently Paired Words

showcase showdown showman showpiece show-stopper show-stopping

Synonyms

shive display exhibit flaunt indicate parade point out reveal rub one's nose in show off visiblize demonstrate

Homonyms

sho shew

Antonyms

conceal cover up hide disprove refute

Rhymes With

so no so-so know go though oh ago low although co below

Questions

How do you pronounce show?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃoʊ/.
What does show mean?
To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.
Where does show come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce show

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