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display

  • noun
  • dis·play
  • /dɪsˈpleɪ/

A show or spectacle.

Example

“The trapeze artist put on an amazing acrobatic display.”

Other meanings

  1. A piece of work to be presented visually.

    “Pupils are expected to produce a wall display about a country of their choice.”

  2. A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.

Synonyms

  • presentation

A kind of

  • representation

Kinds of display

  • float

Related words

  • DISP
  • courtship display
  • affect display
  • air display
  • display cabinet
  • display kerchief
  • display case
  • display list
  • display tearing
  • field emission display
  • head-up display
  • heads-up display

Word history

From Latin "dis-" (apart).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “display” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.