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Mục lục 1 Verb (used with object) 1.1 to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display. 1.2 to present or perform as a public entertainment or spectacle 1.3 to indicate; point out 1.4 to guide, escort, or usher 1.5 to explain or make clear; make known 1.6 to make known to; inform, instruct, or prove to 1.7 to prove; demonstrate 1.8 to indicate, register, or mark 1.9 to exhibit or offer for sale 1.10 to allege, as in a legal document; plead, as a reason or cause. 1.11 to produce, as facts in an affidavit or at a hearing. 1.12 to express or make evident by appearance, behavior, speech, etc. 1.13 to accord or grant (favor, kindness, etc.) 2 Verb (used without object) 2.1 to be seen; be or become visible 2.2 to be seen in a certain way 2.3 to put on an exhibition or performance; display one's goods or products 2.4 Informal . to be present or keep an appointment; show up 2.5 to finish third in a horse race, harness race, etc. 3 Noun 3.1 a theatrical production, performance, or company. 3.2 a radio or television program. 3.3 a motion picture. 3.4 an exposition for dealers or the public of products by various manufacturers in a particular industry, usually held in an exhibition hall, convention facility, or the like 3.5 any kind of public exhibition or exposition 3.6 ostentatious display 3.7 a display, exhibition, or demonstration 3.8 an indication; trace 3.9 the position of the competitor who comes in third in a horse race, harness race, etc. Compare place ( def. 27b ) , win 1 ( def. 16 ) . 3.10 appearance; impression 3.11 a sight or spectacle. 3.12 an unreal or deceptive appearance 3.13 an act or instance of showing. 3.14 a motion-picture theater. 3.15 Informal . a chance 3.16 Medicine/Medical . 3.17 Chiefly British Informal . any undertaking, group of persons, event, etc.; affair; thing. ? 4 Verb phrases 4.1 show off, 4.2 show up, 5 Idioms 5.1 make a show of 5.2 run the show, to control a business, situation 5.3 steal the show 5.4 stop the show 6 Antonyms 6.1 noun 6.2 verb 7 Synonyms 7.1 noun 7.2 verb 7.3 phrasal verb

Verb (used with object)

to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.

to present or perform as a public entertainment or spectacle

to show a movie.

to indicate; point out

to show the way.

to guide, escort, or usher

He showed me to my room. Show her in.

to explain or make clear; make known

He showed what he meant.

to make known to; inform, instruct, or prove to

I'll show you what I mean.

to prove; demonstrate

His experiment showed the falsity of the theory.

to indicate, register, or mark

The thermometer showed 10 below zero.

to exhibit or offer for sale

to show a house.

to allege, as in a legal document; plead, as a reason or cause.

to produce, as facts in an affidavit or at a hearing.

to express or make evident by appearance, behavior, speech, etc.

to show one's feelings.

to accord or grant (favor, kindness, etc.)

He showed mercy in his decision.

Verb (used without object)

to be seen; be or become visible

Does my slip show?

to be seen in a certain way

to show to advantage.

to put on an exhibition or performance; display one's goods or products

Several dress designers are showing in New York now.

Informal . to be present or keep an appointment; show up

He said he would be there, but he didn't show.

to finish third in a horse race, harness race, etc.

Noun

a theatrical production, performance, or company.

a radio or television program.

a motion picture.

an exposition for dealers or the public of products by various manufacturers in a particular industry, usually held in an exhibition hall, convention facility, or the like

the annual boat show.

any kind of public exhibition or exposition

a show of Renoirs.

ostentatious display

nothing but mere show.

a display, exhibition, or demonstration

a true show of freedom.

an indication; trace

He frowned on the slightest show of emotion.

the position of the competitor who comes in third in a horse race, harness race, etc. Compare place ( def. 27b ) , win 1 ( def. 16 ) .

appearance; impression

to make a sorry show.

a sight or spectacle.

an unreal or deceptive appearance

The actress's tears had the show of grief.

an act or instance of showing.

a motion-picture theater.

Informal . a chance

to get a fair show.

Medicine/Medical .

the first appearance of blood at the onset of menstruation.

a blood-tinged mucous discharge from the vagina that indicates the onset of labor.

Chiefly British Informal . any undertaking, group of persons, event, etc.; affair; thing. ?

Verb phrases

show off,

to display ostentatiously

The parade was designed to show off all the latest weapons of war.

to seek to gain attention by displaying prominently one's abilities or accomplishments.

show up,

to make known, as faults; expose; reveal.

to exhibit in a certain way; appear

White shows up well against a blue background.

to come to or arrive at a place

We waited for two hours, but he didn't show up.

to make (another) seem inferior; outdo. ?

Idioms

make a show of

to be ostentatious about; affect

Whenever there are visitors, the bosses make a show of being nice to their employees.

run the show, to control a business, situation

etc.; be in charge

My father runs the show in our house.

steal the show

to usurp the credit or get the applause for something

That woman can act, but the child stole the show. He did all the work, but his partner stole the show.

to be the most pleasing or spectacular item or person in a group.

stop the show

to win such enthusiastic applause that a theatrical performance is temporarily interrupted.

Antonyms

noun

concealment , hiding , reality , truth

verb

conceal , hide , deny , refuse , veto , abandon , leave alone

Synonyms

noun

appearance , array , display , expo , exposition , fair , fanfare , fireworks , grandstand , manifestation , occurrence , pageant , pageantry , panoply , parade , pomp , presentation , program , representation , shine * , showboat , showing , sight , spectacle , splash * , viewnotes:in horse racing results , there is win , place , show , and also-ran , act , burlesque , carnival , cinema , comedy , drama , entertainment , film , flick * , motion picture , movie , picture , play , production , spectaclenotes:in horse racing results , affectation , air , effect , face * , front , grandstand play , guise , illusion , impression , likeness , make-believe * , ostentation , pose , pretense , pretext , profession , seeming , semblance , sham , simulacrum , splash *notes:in horse racing results , demonstration , exhibit , exhibition , cloak , color , coloring , cover , disguise , disguisement , face , false colors , gloss , mask , masquerade , veil , veneer , window-dressing

verb

afford , air , arrive , attend , bare , blazon , brandish , deal in , demonstrate , display , disport , exhibit , expose , flash , flaunt , flourish , lay bare , lay out , mount , offer , parade , present , produce , proffer , put on , reveal , sell , set out , showcase , show off , sport , spread , stage , streak , submit , supply , trot out , unfold , unfurl , unveil , vaunt , wavenotes:in horse racing results , there is win , place , show , and also-ran , appear , assert , be visible , blow in , clarify , come , determine , disclose , discover , divulge , elucidate , emerge , establish , evidence , evince , explain , get , get in , illustrate , indicate , instruct , loom , make known , make out , make the scene , manifest , mark , materialize , note , ostend , point , proclaim , project , prove , put in appearance , reach , register , show one’s face , show up , teach , testify to , turn up , unveilnotes:in horse racing results , accord , act with , bestow , confer , dispense , givenotes:in horse racing results , conduct , direct , escort , guide , lead , pilot , route , see , shepherd , steernotes:in horse racing results , unclothe , uncover , unmask , issue , delineate , depict , describe , express , image , limn , picture , portray , render , steer , usher , denote , point out , specify , read , record , run , authenticate , bear out , confirm , corroborate , endorse , substantiate , validate , verify

phrasal verb

check in , get in , pull in , reach , turn up