show

/ʃoʊ/ v [T] (past tense showed, past participle shown /ʃoʊn/) (EXPLAIN)

Definition

› to explain something to someone by helping to do it or by giving instructions or examples to copy: [+ question word] The diagram shows how to fit the pieces together.

(Definition of show v (EXPLAIN) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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show up phrasal verb APPEAR
show up phrasal verb ARRIVE
show up someone phrasal verb EMBARRASS
show v APPEAR
show v BE NOTICEABLE
show v EXPLAIN
show v EXPRESS
show v LEAD
show v MAKE PUBLIC EVENT
show v MAKE SEEN
show v PROVE

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show someone around phrasal verb
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show off something/someone phrasal verb MAKE SEEN
show up phrasal verb ARRIVE
show up phrasal verb APPEAR
show up someone phrasal verb EMBARRASS

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show your face idiom
show someone the door idiom
get this show on the road idiom

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