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showing

noun US /ˈʃoʊɪŋ/

the display of a motion picture

How often you will meet it

Rank 1,747 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,410 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. the display of a motion picture also: screening, viewing
  2. something shown to the public also: display, exhibit the museum had many exhibits of oriental art

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

showing in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • The upper part of her body was bare, showing two beautifully pointed breasts.

    The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1

  • Why, after showing himself so generous, had he so strictly excluded me from his house?

    Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1

  • Then the old man turned with a face of apoplectic terror dimly showing in the twilight.

    The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1

  • The Edge of the U2 was over here the other day and he was showing me Net stuff.

    William Gibson Interviewed · Giuseppe Salza · Chapter 1

  • The light of dawn fell on a heap of gray dust, a few brassy looking particles showing here and there.

    Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 02 · Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner · Chapter 1

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