Sekirov Dictionary

display

/dɪsˈpleɪ/

verb 6
noun 5
forms 4

verb6

to show something openly so that others can clearly see it
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To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.
- Being the very fellow which of late / Displaid so sawcily against your Highnesse […] — 1603
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To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line, deploy.
- The Englishmen[…]display their ranks and[…]press hard upon their enemies. — 1610
(old-fashioned) To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type.
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(no longer used) To spread out, to unfurl.
- The wearie Traueiler, wandring that way, / Therein did often quench his thristy heat, / And then by it his wearie limbes display, / Whiles creeping slomber made him to forget / His former paine [...]. — 1590
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(no longer used) To discover; to descry.
- And from his seat took pleasure to display / The city so adorned with towers. — 1611

noun5

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A show or spectacle.
- The trapeze artist put on an amazing acrobatic display.
An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.
The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception.
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A piece of work to be presented visually.
- Pupils are expected to produce a wall display about a country of their choice.
A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.

forms

display'd · displayed · displaying · displays

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