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- [dih-spley]
- /dɪˈspleɪ/
- /dɪˈspleɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dih-spley]
- /dɪˈspleɪ/
Definitions of display word
- verb with object display to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign. 1
- verb with object display to reveal; betray: to display fear. 1
- verb with object display to unfold; open out; spread out: to display a sail. 1
- verb with object display to show ostentatiously; flaunt. 1
- verb with object display Printing. to give special prominence to (words, captions, etc.) by choice, size, and arrangement of type. 1
- verb with object display Digital Technology. to output (data) on a screen. 1
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Origin of display
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English desplayen < Anglo-French, Old French despleier < Late Latin displicāre to unfold. See dis-1, plicate
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Display
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
display popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
display usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for display
noun display
- parade — a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
- demonstration — A demonstration is a march or gathering which people take part in to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
- act — When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
- array — An array of different things or people is a large number or wide range of them.
- presentation — an act of presenting.
verb display
- reveal — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- boast — If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
- represent — to present again or anew.
- perform — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- flash — a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
Antonyms for display
noun display
- concealment — Concealment is the state of being hidden or the act of hiding something.
- simplicity — the state, quality, or an instance of being simple.
- modesty — the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc.
- hiding — the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.
- dullness — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
verb display
- conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
- abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
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