display
Plural: displays
Noun
- something intended to communicate a particular impression
- "made a display of strength"
- something shown to the public
- a visual representation of something
- 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
- A show or spectacle.
- A piece of work to be presented visually.
- A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.
- An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.
- The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception.
Verb
Verb Forms: displayed, displaying, displays
- To make evident, visible, or show clearly.
- to show, make visible or apparent
- "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
- attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals
- To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.
- To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.
- To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line, deploy.
- To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type.
- To discover; to descry.
- To spread out, to unfurl.
Examples
- Players often DISPLAY a poker face, even with a terrible rack of tiles.
- Pupils are expected to produce a wall display about a country of their choice.
- The trapeze artist put on an amazing acrobatic display.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English displayen, from Anglo-Norman despleier and Old French despleier, desploiier, from Medieval Latin displicare (“to unfold, display”), from Latin dis- (“apart”) + plicāre (“to fold”). Doublet of deploy.
Scrabble Score: 13
display: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddisplay: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
display: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
display: valid Words With Friends Word