Definitions for shown
shown
shown
Spelling: [shohn]
IPA: /ʃoʊn/
Shown is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 45 anagrams from letters in shown (hnosw).
Definitions for shown
noun
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a theatrical production, performance, or company.
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a radio or television program.
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a motion picture.
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an exposition for dealers or the public of products by various manufacturers in a particular industry, usually held in an exhibition hall, convention facility, or the like:
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any kind of public exhibition or exposition:
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ostentatious display:
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a display, exhibition, or demonstration:
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an indication; trace:
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the position of the competitor who comes in third in a horse race, harness race, etc.
Compare place (def 27b), win1 (def 17).
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appearance; impression:
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a sight or spectacle.
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an unreal or deceptive appearance:
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an act or instance of showing.
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a motion-picture theater.
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Informal. a chance:
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Medicine/Medical.
the first appearance of blood at the onset of menstruation.
a blood-tinged mucous discharge from the vagina that indicates the onset of labor.
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Chiefly British Informal. any undertaking, group of persons, event, etc.; affair; thing.
verb
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a past participle of show.
Idioms
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make a show of, to be ostentatious about; affect:
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run the show, to control a business, situation, etc.; be in charge:
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steal the show,
to usurp the credit or get the applause for something:
to be the most pleasing or spectacular item or person in a group.
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stop the show, to win such enthusiastic applause that a theatrical performance is temporarily interrupted.
Verb phrases
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show off,
to display ostentatiously:
to seek to gain attention by displaying prominently one's abilities or accomplishments.
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show up,
to make known, as faults; expose; reveal.
to exhibit in a certain way; appear:
to come to or arrive at a place:
to make (another) seem inferior; outdo.
verb (used with object)
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to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
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to present or perform as a public entertainment or spectacle:
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to indicate; point out:
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to guide, escort, or usher:
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to explain or make clear; make known:
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to make known to; inform, instruct, or prove to:
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to prove; demonstrate:
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to indicate, register, or mark:
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to exhibit or offer for sale:
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to allege, as in a legal document; plead, as a reason or cause.
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to produce, as facts in an affidavit or at a hearing.
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to express or make evident by appearance, behavior, speech, etc.:
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to accord or grant (favor, kindness, etc.):
verb (used without object)
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to be seen; be or become visible:
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to be seen in a certain way:
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to put on an exhibition or performance; display one's goods or products:
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Informal. to be present or keep an appointment; show up:
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to finish third in a horse race, harness race, etc.
verb (used with or without object)
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show.
Origin of shown
before 900; (v.) Middle English showen, s(c)hewen to look at, show, Old English scēawian to look at; cognate with Dutch schowen, German schauen; (noun) Middle English s(c)hew(e), derivative o
Examples for shown
But the Chinese have shown little interest, of late, in corralling its own hackers—let alone those from another country.
In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.
He was shown into the parlor, and Will Paine came down to see him.
Indeed, history has shown us just how much of a threat schlocky Hollywood entertainment is to totalitarian governments.
They have shown themselves anxious to live for it and to die for it.
Annie Lee Cooper, well played by Winfrey, is shown trying but failing to register to vote.
Philip, you are older and wiser than I, and have shown already that you understand her.
This short, shown between longer shows on the network and released online, is all of that and more.
An hour later, she was at the house of Mrs. Weston, and was shown into the drawing-room.
One swift glance had shown him there was no way of instant retreat.