Meaning

5 senses
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive)To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.

    Please come on time; don't just show up whenever you feel like it.

    No matter how many I throw away, more copies always show up.

    auftauchen, erscheinen

    объявля́тьсяobʺjavljátʹsja, объяви́тьсяobʺjavítʹsja, находи́тьсяnaxodítʹsja

    з’являтисяzʺjavljatysja

  2. (idiomatic, intransitive)To be easily visible; to be conspicuous.

    Stains really show up on this white tablecloth.

    be or become visible or noticeable

  3. (idiomatic, transitive)To make visible; to expose.

    This bright light shows up the dust in the corners of the room.

    I bet the Jayhawk fast break could show up the Nimrod's lack of speed.

    sich zeigen

    appear or become visible; make a showing

  4. (idiomatic, transitive)To make visible or expose faults and deficiencies in, usually by outdoing, outperforming, or outcompeting another.

    I finished in five minutes and she showed me up by finishing in three.

    It showed her up in her true colors.

  5. (dated, idiomatic, intransitive)To produce an impression on observers; to come off.

Examples

930 sentences
  1. You can't just not show up.

    Ти не можеш просто взяти і не прийти.

    ruТы не можешь просто не явиться.

    deDu kannst nicht einfach fernbleiben.

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  2. I didn't think you'd show up.

    Я не думав, що ти з'явишся.

    ruНе думал, что ты появишься.

    deIch hätte nicht gedacht, daß du kommen würdest.

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  3. Tom showed up late to class.

    Том запізнився на урок.

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  4. He didn't show up at the party.

    Він не з'явився на вечірці.

    ruОн не явился на вечеринку.

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  5. Tom will show up sooner or later.

    Рано чи пізно, Том прийде.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to appear:
Русский
By meaning 1
to appear:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to appear:
to expose:

Forms

shows up, showing up, showed up, shown up
Base formshow up · to show up
3rd person singularshows up
Present participleshowing up
Past simpleshowed up
Past participleshown up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshow up
he, she, itshows up

Past simpleLesson

all personsshowed up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shown up
he, she, ithas shown up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill show up

Phrasal verbs

8 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
appear:turn up
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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