display

Noun
  1. Something intended to communicate a particular impression (synset 106892571)
    "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a good show of looking interested"
    is a type of: demo, demonstration - a visual presentation showing how something works
    subtypes:
    same as: show
  2. Something shown to the public (synset 100522265)
    "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"
    is a type of: show - the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
    subtypes:
    • parade - a visible display
    • light show - a display of colored lights moving in shifting patterns
    same as: exhibit, showing
  3. A visual representation of something (synset 103215661)
    is a type of: representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
    subtypes:
    • float - an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
    • snellen chart - display consisting of a printed card with letters and numbers in lines of decreasing size; used to test visual acuity
    • spectacle - an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
    same as: presentation
  4. Behavior that makes your feelings public (synset 107228377)
    "a display of emotion"
    is a type of: disclosure, revealing, revelation - the speech act of making something evident
    subtypes:
  5. Exhibiting openly in public view (synset 106900776)
    "a display of courage"
    is a type of: communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
    subtypes:
    • acting out - (psychiatry) the display of previously inhibited emotions (often in actions rather than words); considered to be healthy and therapeutic
    • array - an impressive display
    • screening, showing, viewing - the display of a motion picture
    • sight - anything that is seen
    • fanfare, flash, ostentation - a gaudy outward display
    • flaunt - the act of displaying something ostentatiously
    • presentation - the act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it
  6. An electronic device that represents information in visual form (synset 103215838)
    is a type of: electronic device - a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically
    subtypes:
    • caller id - a small display that will show you the telephone number of the party calling you
    • alphanumeric display, digital display - a display that gives the information in the form of characters (numbers or letters)
    • board, display board, display panel - a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view
    • flat panel display, fpd - a type of video display that is thin and flat; commonly used in laptop computers
    • monitor, monitoring device - display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
    • crt screen, screen - the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
    • vdu, visual display unit - (British) British term for video display
    • window - (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen
    has: raster - the rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor
    same as: video display
Verb
  1. To show, make visible or apparent (synset 202144506)
    "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"
    is a type of: show - make visible or noticeable
    subtypes:
    same as: exhibit, expose
  2. Attract attention by displaying some body part or posing;
    Of animals (synset 202540893)
    is a type of: court, romance, solicit, woo - make amorous advances towards

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