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Definition of Display
1. Verb. To show, make visible or apparent. "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
Generic synonyms: Show
Specialized synonyms: Open, Bring Forth, Produce, Hold Up, Bench, Moon, Flash, Flaunt, Ostentate, Show Off, Swank, Brandish, Model, Model, Pose, Posture, Sit, Gibbet, Pillory
Derivative terms: Exhibit, Exhibition, Exposure
2. Noun. Something intended to communicate a particular impression. "A good show of looking interested"
Generic synonyms: Demo, Demonstration
Specialized synonyms: Big Stick, Gaudery, Pomp
3. Verb. Attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals.
4. Noun. Something shown to the public. "The museum had many exhibits of oriental art"
Generic synonyms: Show
Specialized synonyms: Parade, Light Show
Derivative terms: Exhibit, Show
5. Noun. A visual representation of something.
Specialized synonyms: Float, Snellen Chart, Spectacle
Generic synonyms: Representation
Derivative terms: Present
6. Noun. Behavior that makes your feelings public. "A display of emotion"
Specialized synonyms: Histrionics, Production, Sackcloth And Ashes
7. Noun. Exhibiting openly in public view. "A display of courage"
Specialized synonyms: Acting Out, Array, Screening, Showing, Viewing, Sight, Fanfare, Flash, Ostentation, Flaunt, Presentation
8. Noun. An electronic device that represents information in visual form.
Specialized synonyms: Caller Id, Alphanumeric Display, Digital Display, Board, Display Board, Display Panel, Flat Panel Display, Fpd, Monitor, Monitoring Device, Crt Screen, Screen, Vdu, Visual Display Unit, Window
Generic synonyms: Electronic Device
Terms within: Raster
Definition of Display
1. v. t. To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
2. v. i. To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.
3. n. An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation.
Definition of Display
1. Noun. A show or spectacle. ¹
2. Noun. (computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text. ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete) To spread out, to unfurl. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) : To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Display
1. to make evident or obvious [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Display
1. 1. To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread. "The northern wind his wings did broad display." (Spenser) 2. To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. 3. To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest. "His statement . . . Displays very clearly the actual condition of the army." (Burke) 4. To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade. "Proudly displaying the insignia of their order." (Prescott) 5. To make conspicuous by large or prominent type. 6. To discover; to descry. "And from his seat took pleasure to display The city so adorned with towers." (Chapman) Synonym: To exhibit, show, manifest, spread out, parade, expand, flaunt. Origin: OE. Displaien, desplaien, OF. Despleier, desploier, F. Deployer; pref. Des- (L. Dis-) + pleier, ploier, plier, F. Ployer, plier, to fold, bend, L. Plicare. See Ply, and cf. Deploy, Splay. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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