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Display   /dɪsplˈeɪ/   Listen
Display

noun
1.
Something intended to communicate a particular impression.  Synonym: show.  "A show of impatience" , "A good show of looking interested"
2.
Something shown to the public.  Synonyms: exhibit, showing.
3.
A visual representation of something.  Synonym: presentation.
4.
Behavior that makes your feelings public.
5.
Exhibiting openly in public view.
6.
An electronic device that represents information in visual form.  Synonym: video display.
verb
(past & past part. displayed; pres. part. displaying)
1.
To show, make visible or apparent.  Synonyms: exhibit, expose.  "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?" , "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
2.
Attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals.



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"Display" Quotes from Famous Books



... well known that the Empress can bend the Emperor to her will when she chooses to exert it. You see, in spite of all, I am quite taking it for granted that you are the Prince, otherwise 'twere useless to waste time in this talk. You display all the confidence of youth in speaking of the exploits you propose, and, indeed, it is cheering for a middle-aged person like myself to meet one so confident of anything in these pessimistic days. But have you considered what will happen if something ...
— The Sword Maker • Robert Barr
... are never too old to learn. 2. Civility is the result of good nature and good sense. 3. The right of the people to instruct their representatives is generally admitted. 4. The immense quantity of matter in the Universe presents a most striking display of Almighty power. 5. Virtue, diligence, and industry, joined with good temper and prudence, must ever be the surest means of prosperity. 6. The people called Quakers were a source of much trouble to the Puritans. 7. The Mayflower brought to America [Footnote: One hundred and one may be taken as ...
— Graded Lessons in English • Alonzo Reed and Brainerd Kellogg
... age is most prone to this false estimate of learning and to public scientific display. If science, true science, yields to it, learning will very soon vanish from the face of the earth again, and nothing but monkish lore and the dark ...
— Canada and the Canadians - Volume I • Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle
... spite of Dunstans, Brunos and Bernards, the monastic institution keeps on crumbling. The edifice will not stand much more propping and tinkering. While we admire this display of moral force, this commendable struggle of fresh courage and new hope against disintegrating forces, the conviction gains ground that something is radically wrong with the institution. There is something ...
— A Short History of Monks and Monasteries • Alfred Wesley Wishart
... usual. They accordingly went upstairs to an empty attic, placed chairs against the window, and put out the light; Anne sitting in the middle, her mother close by, and the miller behind, smoking. No sign of any pyrotechnic display was visible over the port as yet, and Mrs. Loveday passed the time by talking to the miller, who replied in monosyllables. While this was going on Anne fancied that she heard some one approach, and presently felt sure that Bob was drawing near her in the surrounding darkness; ...
— The Trumpet-Major • Thomas Hardy


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