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showed

shew
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shoh]
    • /ʃoʊ/
    • /ʃəʊd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shoh]
    • /ʃoʊ/

Definitions of showed word

  • verb with object showed to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display. 1
  • verb with object showed to present or perform as a public entertainment or spectacle: to show a movie. 1
  • verb with object showed to indicate; point out: to show the way. 1
  • verb with object showed to guide, escort, or usher: He showed me to my room. Show her in. 1
  • verb with object showed to explain or make clear; make known: He showed what he meant. 1
  • verb with object showed to make known to; inform, instruct, or prove to: I'll show you what I mean. 1

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Origin of showed

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (v.) Middle English showen, s(c)hewen to look at, show, Old English scēawian to look at; cognate with Dutch schowen, German schauen; (noun) Middle English s(c)hew(e), derivative of the v.

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Showed

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

showed popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% 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".

showed usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for showed

verb showed

  • adduced — Simple past tense and past participle of adduce.
  • allegorized — Simple past tense and past participle of allegorize.
  • appeared — to come into sight; become visible: A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
  • beetled — Projecting over.
  • came — Came is the past tense of come.

noun showed

  • demoed — demonstration (defs 4, 6).
  • faired — free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.
  • flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
  • fronted — Simple past tense and past participle of front.
  • gigged — a single professional engagement, usually of short duration, as of jazz or rock musicians.

Antonyms for showed

verb showed

  • beclouded — Simple past tense and past participle of becloud.
  • cloaked — Wearing a cloak.
  • dissembled — Simple past tense and past participle of dissemble.
  • dissimulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dissimulate.
  • enshrouded — Simple past tense and past participle of enshroud.

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