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To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To be easily visible; to be conspicuous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Stains really show up on this white tablecloth.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To make visible; to expose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To make visible or expose faults and deficiencies in, usually by outdoing, outperforming, or outcompeting another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- I finished in five minutes and she showed me up by finishing in three.
- It showed her up in her true colors.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To produce an impression on observers; to come off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
appear or become visible; make a showing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She turned up at the funeral
- I hope the list key is going to surface again
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: come on, come out, turn up, surface
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: appear
be or become visible or noticeable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- His good upbringing really shows
- The dirty side will show
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: show
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: appear
Narrower terms: register
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
показвам се
(pokazvam se)
— to appear
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Bulgarian:
идвам
(idvam)
— to appear
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Chinese Mandarin:
露面
(lòumiàn, lùmiàn)
— to appear
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Finnish:
ilmestyä (paikalle)
— to appear
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French:
apparaître
— to appear
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French:
se montrer se pointer
— to appear
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German:
auftauchen
— to appear
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German:
erscheinen
— to appear
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Hungarian:
megjelenik
— to appear
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Japanese:
現れる
(arawareru)
— to appear
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Macedonian:
се појавува
(se pojavuva)
— to appear
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Macedonian:
се појави
(se pojavi)
— to appear
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Middle English:
schewen
— to appear
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Polish:
zjawiać się
— to appear
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Polish:
zjawić się
— to appear
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Polish:
pojawiać się
— to appear
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Polish:
pojawić się
— to appear
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Romanian:
apărea
— to appear
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Russian:
объявля́ться
(obʺjavljátʹsja)
— to appear
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Russian:
объяви́ться
(obʺjavítʹsja)
— to appear
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Russian:
находи́ться
(naxodítʹsja)
— to appear
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Russian:
найти́сь
(najtísʹ)
— to appear
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Russian:
появля́ться
(pojavljátʹsja)
— to appear
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Russian:
появи́ться
(pojavítʹsja)
— to appear
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Russian:
пока́зываться
(pokázyvatʹsja)
— to appear
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Russian:
показа́ться
(pokazátʹsja)
— to appear
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Spanish:
comparecer
— to appear
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Spanish:
personarse
— to appear
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Spanish:
apersonarse
— to appear
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Swedish:
dyka upp
— to appear
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Thai:
โผล่
(plòo)
— to appear
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Turkish:
ortaya çıkmak
— to appear
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Ukrainian:
з’являтися
(zʺjavljatysja)
— to appear
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Dutch:
tentoonstellen
— to expose
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Finnish:
näyttää
— to expose
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French:
humilier
— to expose
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German:
sich zeigen
— to expose
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Swedish:
avslöja
— to expose
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Swedish:
blottlägga
— to expose
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Turkish:
görünmek
— to expose
