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UK
/dɪsplˈeɪ/
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[ US /dɪsˈpɫeɪ/ ]
[ US /dɪsˈpɫeɪ/ ]
NOUN
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something intended to communicate a particular impression
a show of impatience
made a display of strength
a good show of looking interested - a visual representation of something
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behavior that makes your feelings public
a display of emotion -
exhibiting openly in public view
a display of courage - an electronic device that represents information in visual form
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something shown to the public
the museum had many exhibits of oriental art
VERB
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to show, make visible or apparent
Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?
National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship
The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month - attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals
How To Use display In A Sentence
- A little pyrotechnics display tacked on just serves to emphasise its lack of cutting edge. Times, Sunday Times
- Documents with extra-wide margins are now displayed in a browser with a horizontal scroll bar.
- Every large town will have quite a few horologers and jewelers with a vast selection of fancy watches displayed their windows, with huge price tags to go with them.
- Again, one file change can put a little red nose next to all of your headers, turn the text red and even make them display in a silly typeface.
- The affair isn't the thing that makes me believe he needs to be removed from office – it's the monumental lack of judgment he displayed in abandoning his states and his duties as governor. Sanford should stay, two top South Carolina papers say
- Flakes with concavities exhibiting steep, unifacial retouch were used to whittle or plane wood, and flakes displaying spurs were used to incise bone or antler.
- The 27 models on display in Washington, supplemented by paintings, drawings, sculpture and medallions, show the products of a rising social structure and new technique.
- Some experienced foreign jumpers displayed hand-in-hand group jumping, wingsuit jumping and somersaults during free fall; all the risky stunts thrilled the audience.
- She had wiggled through a tot-sized aperture in the alcove, and toddled over to a display of butterfly nets four feet away.
- The poorer the soil and the older the lawn, the better will be the flower display, but most park lawns will contain self-heal, daisy, achillea, and cat's-ear.