Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A show or spectacle.

    The trapeze artist put on an amazing acrobatic display.

    Vorführung, Vorstellung

    пока́зpokáz, шо́уšóu, представле́ниеpredstavlénije

    по́казpókaz

  2. (countable, uncountable)A piece of work to be presented visually.

    Pupils are expected to produce a wall display about a country of their choice.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.

    Display

  4. (countable, uncountable)An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.

    Display, Monitor, Bildschirm

    диспле́йdispléj, диспле́йdisplɛ́j, монито́рmonitór

    диспле́йdyspléj

  5. (countable, uncountable)The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception.

    an electronic device that represents information in visual form

Examples

213 sentences
  1. This web page can't be displayed.

  2. Did you see the fireworks display?

  3. Tom displayed the contents of his wallet.

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

    Він хотів показати свій новий велисипед своїм друзям. — ascolto

    ruЕму не терпелось показать свой новый велосипед друзьям. — soweli_Elepanto

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

    ruТы видел салют в новогоднюю ночь? — scriptin

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
spectacle:
electronic screen:
Русский
By meaning 2
spectacle:
electronic screen:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
spectacle:
a device for visual presentation for sales promotion:
electronic screen:

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

plural: displays
Singulardisplay
Pluraldisplays

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
cardboard display
Close in meaning
  • something shown to the public:exhibitshowing
  • a visual representation of something:presentation
  • an electronic device that represents information in visual form:video display
  • something intended to communicate a particular impression:show

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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