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Definition of Showing

1. Noun. The display of a motion picture.

2. Noun. Something shown to the public. "The museum had many exhibits of oriental art"

Definition of Showing

1. n. Appearance; display; exhibition.

Definition of Showing

1. Verb. (present participle of show) ¹

2. Noun. An occasion when something is shown. ¹

3. Noun. A result, a judgement. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Showing

1. an exhibition or display [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Showing

showgoer showgoers showground showgrounds showhome showhomes showhorse showhorses showhouse showhouses

showier showiest showily showiness showinesses showing (current term) showing bad manners showing contempt showing emotion showing finger

showing fingers showing intelligence showing lack of intelligence showing mercy showing neatness showing off showing trust showing up showing wisdom showings

Literary usage of Showing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by United States Civil Service Commission (1898)
"Summary of preceding tables, showing for all grades of Competitors in all ... showing, by States and Territories, those appointed through examination in the ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"5 Diagram showing winding of a two-pole, three- phase rotating motor field IN ... 6 Diagram showing " signs" of rotor bars if there were no inductance Fig. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... flowering 2 Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum), showing flowers and seed 3 Water ... 6, vertical section of flower showing peculiar attachment of stamens ..."

4. St. Mary's County by Maryland Geological Survey (1907)
"View looking up the Patuxent River showing Drum Cliff 32 II. Fig. 1. ... View showing the fossil bed at Drum Cliff 56 III. Fig. 1.—View showing the St. ..."

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