- display
- [[t]dɪsple͟ɪ[/t]]
♦♦displays, displaying, displayed1) VERB If you display something that you want people to see, you put it in a particular place, so that people can see it easily.
[V n] Among the protesters and war veterans proudly displaying their medals was Aubrey Rose...
[V n] The cabinets display seventeenth-century blue-and-white porcelain.
Syn:N-UNCOUNT: oft on NDisplay is also a noun.Most of the other artists whose work is on display were his pupils or colleagues.
2) VERB If you display something, you show it to people.[V n to n] She displayed her wound to the twelve gentlemen of the jury...
[V n] The chart can then display the links connecting these groups.
Syn:3) VERB If you display a characteristic, quality, or emotion, you behave in a way which shows that you have it.[V n] It was unlike Gordon to display his feelings...
[V n] He has displayed remarkable courage and bravery in his efforts to reform the party.
Syn:N-VAR: oft N of nDisplay is also a noun.Normally, such an outward display of affection is reserved for his mother.
4) VERB When a computer displays information, it shows it on a screen.[V n] They started out by looking at the computer screens which display the images...
[V n] Using the option to display only text speeds things up a lot.
5) N-COUNT: oft N of n A display is an arrangement of things that have been put in a particular place, so that people can see them easily....a display of your work...
She was leaning against a display case of prints of Paris.
6) N-COUNT: with supp A display is a public performance or other event which is intended to entertain people....the firework display.
...gymnastic displays.
...the Royal Air Force Red Arrows display team.
Syn:7) N-COUNT: usu sing The display on a computer screen is the information that is shown there. The screen itself can also be referred to as the display.→ See also liquid crystal displayA hard copy of the screen display can also be obtained from a printer.
...obscure error messages appearing on the display.
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English dictionary. 2008.
