Meaning

6 senses

  1. (transitive)To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.

    zeigen, darstellen, präsentieren

    отобража́тьotobražátʹ, отобрази́тьotobrazítʹ, пока́зыватьpokázyvatʹ

    пока́зуватиpokázuvaty, показа́тиpokazáty, відобража́тиvidobražáty

  2. (intransitive)To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.

    to show, make visible or apparent

  3. To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line, deploy.

  4. (dated)To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type.

  5. (obsolete)To discover; to descry.

  6. (obsolete)To spread out, to unfurl.

    ausstrecken

    выставля́тьvystavljátʹ, вы́ставитьvýstavitʹ

    виставля́тиvystavljáty, ви́ставитиvýstavyty

Examples

213 sentences

  1. This web page can't be displayed.

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  2. Did you see the fireworks display?

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  3. Tom displayed the contents of his wallet.

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  4. He was eager to display his new bicycle to his friends.

    Він хотів показати свій новий велисипед своїм друзям.

    ruЕму не терпелось показать свой новый велосипед друзьям.

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  5. Did you see the fireworks display on New Year's Eve?

    ruТы видел салют в новогоднюю ночь?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to show conspicuously:
to spread out:
Русский
By meaning 2
to show conspicuously:
to spread out:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to show conspicuously:
to spread out:

Origin

From Middle English displayen, from Anglo-Norman despleier and Old French despleier, despl

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.

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Forms

displays, displaying, displayed, displayed
Base formdisplay · to display
3rd person singulardisplays
Present participledisplaying
Past simpledisplayed
Past participledisplayed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydisplay
he, she, itdisplays

Past simpleLesson

all personsdisplayed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave displayed
he, she, ithas displayed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill display

Synonyms

3 synonyms
splay
Close in meaning

Word family

37 related words
Derivedaffect displayair displaycodisplaycourtship displaydisplayabilitydisplayabledisplay cabinetdisplay casedisplayerdisplay kerchiefdisplay listdisplay modeldisplay tearingdisplay windowdistraction displaydiversionary displayfireworks displayflap displayflip-disc displayflip-dot displayhead-up displayholodisplaymicrodisplaymisdisplay

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
disperseC2displaceB2displacementdispleasedispleasureB2disposable
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