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display

noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /dɪsˈpleɪ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • South-Asia: /ˈɖɪsˌple/
  • rhymes with -eɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S P L EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A show or spectacle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The trapeze artist put on an amazing acrobatic display.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A piece of work to be presented visually.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cardboard display

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line, deploy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Topics: media, printing, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To discover; to descry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To spread out, to unfurl.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: splay

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

something shown to the public

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the museum had many exhibits of oriental art

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exhibit, showing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: show

Narrower terms: parade, light show

13

noun

Meaning 13

a visual representation of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: presentation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: representation

Narrower terms: float, Snellen chart, spectacle

14

noun

Meaning 14

an electronic device that represents information in visual form

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: video display

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electronic device

Narrower terms: caller ID, digital display, alphanumeric display, display panel, display board, board, flat panel display, FPD, monitor, monitoring device, screen, CRT screen, visual display unit, VDU, window

15

noun

Meaning 15

something intended to communicate a particular impression

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • made a display of strength
  • a show of impatience
  • a good show of looking interested

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: show

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: demonstration, demo

Narrower terms: big stick, gaudery, pomp

16

noun

Meaning 16

exhibiting openly in public view

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a display of courage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: communication

Narrower terms: acting out, array, screening, showing, viewing, sight, ostentation, fanfare, flash, flaunt, presentation

17

noun

Meaning 17

behavior that makes your feelings public

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a display of emotion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disclosure, revelation, revealing

Narrower terms: histrionics, production, sackcloth and ashes

18

verb

Meaning 18

to show, make visible or apparent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: expose, exhibit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: show

Narrower terms: open, produce, bring forth, hold up, bench, moon, flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank, brandish, model, pose, sit, posture, pillory, gibbet

19

verb

Meaning 19

attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: woo, court, romance, solicit

History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

204 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِظْهَار (ʔiẓhār) — spectacle
  • Arabic: عَرْض (ʕarḍ) — spectacle
  • Bulgarian: излагане (izlagane) — spectacle
  • Bulgarian: показ (pokaz) — spectacle
  • Catalan: espectacle — spectacle
  • Czech: přehlídka — spectacle
  • Czech: představení — spectacle
  • Czech: show — spectacle
  • Dutch: spektakel — spectacle
  • Finnish: esitys — spectacle
  • Finnish: näytelmä — spectacle
  • Finnish: näytös — spectacle
  • Finnish: näky — spectacle
  • French: représentation — spectacle
  • French: spectacle — spectacle
  • German: Vorführung — spectacle
  • German: Vorstellung — spectacle
  • Greek: παράσταση (parástasi) — spectacle
  • Ancient Greek: ἐπίδειξις (epídeixis) — spectacle
  • Hungarian: bemutató — spectacle
  • Hungarian: mutatvány — spectacle
  • Hungarian: előadás — spectacle
  • Irish: taispeántas — spectacle
  • Italian: rappresentazione — spectacle
  • Italian: saggio — spectacle
  • Latin: ostentus — spectacle
  • Māori: whakakitenga — spectacle
  • Portuguese: exposição — spectacle
  • Portuguese: mostra — spectacle
  • Romanian: spectacol — spectacle
  • Romanian: expoziție — spectacle
  • Romanian: reprezentație — spectacle
  • Russian: пока́з (pokáz) — spectacle
  • Russian: шо́у (šóu) — spectacle
  • Russian: представле́ние (predstavlénije) — spectacle
  • Russian: зре́лище (zrélišče) — spectacle
  • Russian: демонстра́ция (demonstrácija) — spectacle
  • Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh — spectacle
  • Spanish: demuestra — spectacle
  • Swedish: uppvisning — spectacle
  • Turkish: dürbün — spectacle
  • Ottoman Turkish: نمایش (nümayiş) — spectacle
  • Ukrainian: по́каз (pókaz) — spectacle
  • Vietnamese: biểu hiện — spectacle
  • Arabic: شَاشَة (šāša) — electronic screen
  • Armenian: ցուցասարք (cʻucʻasarkʻ) — electronic screen
  • Armenian: դիսփլեյ (dispʻley) — electronic screen
  • Armenian: էկրան (ēkran) — electronic screen
  • Armenian: մոնիտոր (monitor) — electronic screen
  • Belarusian: дыспле́й (dyspljéj) — electronic screen
  • Belarusian: дысплэ́й (dyspléj) — electronic screen
  • Bulgarian: монитор (monitor) — electronic screen
  • Catalan: monitor — electronic screen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 顯示器 /显示器 (xiǎnshìqì) — electronic screen
  • Czech: displej — electronic screen
  • Dutch: display — electronic screen
  • Dutch: beeldscherm — electronic screen
  • Esperanto: vidigilo — electronic screen
  • Esperanto: ekrano — electronic screen
  • Estonian: kuvar — electronic screen
  • Finnish: näyttö — electronic screen
  • Finnish: monitori — electronic screen
  • French: moniteur — electronic screen
  • French: écran — electronic screen
  • German: Display — electronic screen
  • German: Monitor — electronic screen
  • German: Bildschirm — electronic screen
  • German: Anzeige — electronic screen
  • Greek: οθόνη (othóni) — electronic screen
  • Hebrew: צג (tsag) — electronic screen
  • Hebrew: מסך (masákh) — electronic screen
  • Hungarian: kijelző — electronic screen
  • Hungarian: képernyő — electronic screen
  • Hungarian: megjelenítő — electronic screen
  • Indonesian: layar — electronic screen
  • Italian: schermo — electronic screen
  • Italian: video — electronic screen
  • Japanese: ディスプレイ (disupurei) — electronic screen
  • Kazakh: дисплей (displei) — electronic screen
  • Korean: 디스플레이 (diseupeullei) — electronic screen
  • Kyrgyz: дисплей (displey) — electronic screen
  • Malay: paparan — electronic screen
  • Malayalam: ഡിസ്പ്ലേ (ḍisplē) — electronic screen
  • Polish: wyświetlacz — electronic screen
  • Portuguese: display — electronic screen
  • Portuguese: ecrã — electronic screen
  • Portuguese: tela — electronic screen
  • Romanian: display — electronic screen
  • Romanian: ecran — electronic screen
  • Romanian: monitor — electronic screen
  • Russian: диспле́й (displéj) — electronic screen
  • Russian: диспле́й (displɛ́j) — electronic screen
  • Russian: монито́р (monitór) — electronic screen
  • Russian: экра́н (ekrán) — electronic screen
  • Serbo-Croatian: zaslon — electronic screen
  • Slovak: displej — electronic screen
  • Swedish: bildskärm — electronic screen
  • Swedish: monitor — electronic screen
  • Swedish: display — electronic screen
  • Swedish: skärm — electronic screen
  • Thai: จอภาพ (jɔɔ-pâap) — electronic screen
  • Turkish: ekran — electronic screen
  • Ukrainian: диспле́й (dyspléj) — electronic screen
  • Uzbek: displey — electronic screen
  • Dutch: verkoopstandaard — a device for visual presentation for sales promotion
  • French: présentoir — a device for visual presentation for sales promotion
  • Galician: expositor — a device for visual presentation for sales promotion
  • German: Display — a device for visual presentation for sales promotion
  • Hungarian: papírállvány — a device for visual presentation for sales promotion
  • Hungarian: bemutatóállvány — a device for visual presentation for sales promotion
  • Hungarian: kiállítóállvány — a device for visual presentation for sales promotion
  • Italian: espositorio — a device for visual presentation for sales promotion
  • Italian: presentatoio — a device for visual presentation for sales promotion
  • Portuguese: expositor — a device for visual presentation for sales promotion
  • Spanish: expositor — a device for visual presentation for sales promotion
  • Spanish: caja expositora — a device for visual presentation for sales promotion
  • Armenian: ցույց տալ (cʻuycʻ tal) — to show conspicuously
  • Azerbaijani: nümayiş etdirmək — to show conspicuously
  • Belarusian: пака́зваць (pakázvacʹ) — to show conspicuously
  • Belarusian: паказа́ць (pakazácʹ) — to show conspicuously
  • Bulgarian: показвам (pokazvam) — to show conspicuously
  • Catalan: exhibir — to show conspicuously
  • Czech: vystavit — to show conspicuously
  • Czech: vyvěsit — to show conspicuously
  • Czech: vyložit — to show conspicuously
  • Czech: ukázat — to show conspicuously
  • Czech: předvést — to show conspicuously
  • Czech: zobrazit — to show conspicuously
  • Dutch: tonen — to show conspicuously
  • Esperanto: elmontri — to show conspicuously
  • Finnish: esittää — to show conspicuously
  • Finnish: näyttää — to show conspicuously
  • French: afficher — to show conspicuously
  • French: étaler — to show conspicuously
  • French: montrer — to show conspicuously
  • French: présenter — to show conspicuously
  • Galician: amosar — to show conspicuously
  • German: zeigen — to show conspicuously
  • German: darstellen — to show conspicuously
  • German: präsentieren — to show conspicuously
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gateihan) — to show conspicuously
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fauramēljan) — to show conspicuously
  • Greek: παρουσιάζω (parousiázo) — to show conspicuously
  • Greek: προβάλλω (provállo) — to show conspicuously
  • Ancient Greek: ἐπιδείκνυμι (epideíknumi) — to show conspicuously
  • Hungarian: megmutat — to show conspicuously
  • Hungarian: kimutat — to show conspicuously
  • Hungarian: elárul — to show conspicuously
  • Indonesian: menampilkan — to show conspicuously
  • Indonesian: menayangkan — to show conspicuously
  • Italian: mostrare — to show conspicuously
  • Italian: presentare — to show conspicuously
  • Italian: esibire — to show conspicuously
  • Italian: visualizzare — to show conspicuously
  • Kazakh: көрсету (körsetu) — to show conspicuously
  • Kazakh: паш ету (paş etu) — to show conspicuously
  • Latin: exhibeō — to show conspicuously
  • Latin: praestō — to show conspicuously
  • Lithuanian: rodyti — to show conspicuously
  • Malay: mempertontonkan — to show conspicuously
  • Malay: mempertunjukkan — to show conspicuously
  • Malay: mempamerkan — to show conspicuously
  • Malayalam: പ്രദർശിപ്പിക്കുക (pradaṟśippikkuka) — to show conspicuously
  • Māori: tiori — to show conspicuously
  • Māori: whakamātakitaki — to show conspicuously
  • Māori: whakakite — to show conspicuously
  • Māori: tītohu — to show conspicuously
  • Middle English: displayen — to show conspicuously
  • Polish: wyświetlać — to show conspicuously
  • Portuguese: exibir — to show conspicuously
  • Portuguese: mostrar — to show conspicuously
  • Portuguese: apresentar — to show conspicuously
  • Russian: отобража́ть (otobražátʹ) — to show conspicuously
  • Russian: отобрази́ть (otobrazítʹ) — to show conspicuously
  • Russian: пока́зывать (pokázyvatʹ) — to show conspicuously
  • Russian: показа́ть (pokazátʹ) — to show conspicuously
  • Serbo-Croatian: prikazivati — to show conspicuously
  • Slovak: zobraziť — to show conspicuously
  • Spanish: mostrar — to show conspicuously
  • Spanish: exponer — to show conspicuously
  • Spanish: exteriorizar — to show conspicuously
  • Swahili: onyesha — to show conspicuously
  • Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎙𐎊 (bġy) — to show conspicuously
  • Ukrainian: пока́зувати (pokázuvaty) — to show conspicuously
  • Ukrainian: показа́ти (pokazáty) — to show conspicuously
  • Ukrainian: відобража́ти (vidobražáty) — to show conspicuously
  • Ukrainian: відобрази́ти (vidobrazýty) — to show conspicuously
  • Vietnamese: trưng bày — to show conspicuously
  • Finnish: levittää — to spread out
  • French: étaler — to spread out
  • German: ausstrecken — to spread out
  • Ancient Greek: φαίνω (phaínō) — to spread out
  • Hungarian: kiterjeszt — to spread out
  • Hungarian: kinyújt — to spread out
  • Hungarian: kiterít — to spread out
  • Italian: spiegare — to spread out
  • Middle English: displayen — to spread out
  • Middle English: splayen — to spread out
  • Mongolian: дэлгэх (delgex) — to spread out
  • Russian: выставля́ть (vystavljátʹ) — to spread out
  • Russian: вы́ставить (výstavitʹ) — to spread out
  • Spanish: desplegar — to spread out
  • Ukrainian: виставля́ти (vystavljáty) — to spread out
  • Ukrainian: ви́ставити (výstavyty) — to spread out
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