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say it: di-SPLAY
display is a noun and verb meaning "something intended to communicate a particular impression". It carries 8 recorded senses.
something intended to communicate a particular impression
“made a display of strength”
“a show of impatience”
“a good show of looking interested”
something shown to the public
“the museum had many exhibits of oriental art”
a visual representation of something
exhibiting openly in public view
“a display of courage”
an electronic device that represents information in visual form
to show, make visible or apparent
“The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month”
“Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?”
“National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship”
attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for display come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.