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{
"term": "display",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "display",
"heSheIt": "displays"
},
"pastSimple": "displayed",
"pastParticiple": "displayed",
"ingForm": "displaying"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to put something in a place where people can see it easily; to show something to people",
"sensetop": "display somethingdisplay something to somebody",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The exhibition gives local artists an opportunity to display their work.",
"contextForm": "display something"
},
{
"text": "His football trophies were **prominently displayed** in the kitchen."
},
{
"text": "She displayed her bruises for all to see."
},
{
"text": "She **proudly displayed** her certificate to her parents.",
"contextForm": "display something to somebody"
},
{
"text": "A notice will be displayed in the hotel lobby."
},
{
"text": "traders displaying their wares in the street market"
},
{
"text": "He dearly loved to display his knowledge."
}
],
"synonyms": "exhibit",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["clearly", "prominently", "proudly"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to show a quality, feeling, skill or type of behaviour; to show signs of something",
"sensetop": "display something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I have rarely seen her display any sign of emotion."
},
{
"text": "He **displays** amazing **skill** with a golf club."
},
{
"text": "The supporting cast **displays** real acting **talent**."
},
{
"text": "These statistics display a definite trend."
},
{
"text": "Many animals in stressful conditions display this behaviour."
},
{
"text": "From 1811 until his death in 1820, George III displayed symptoms of insanity."
},
{
"text": "He displayed remarkable courage."
},
{
"text": "displaying a lack of understanding"
},
{
"text": "displaying the symptoms of nervous exhaustion"
},
{
"text": "Every so often he would display a vein of sharp humour."
},
{
"text": "A group of artists will be displaying their skills to the students."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to show information",
"sensetop": "display something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Giant screens **displayed images** of cheering crowds."
},
{
"text": "ways of **displaying information** on screen"
},
{
"text": "The screen will display the username in the top right-hand corner."
},
{
"text": "This column displays the title of the mail message."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to show a special pattern of behaviour that is intended to attract a female bird or animal",
"labels": "(specialist)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪ/",
"audio": "di/display/display__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪz/",
"audio": "di/display/displays__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪd/",
"audio": "di/display/displayed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "di/display/displaying__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪ/",
"audio": "di/display/display__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪz/",
"audio": "di/display/displays__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪd/",
"audio": "di/display/displayed__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "di/display/displaying__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘unfurl, unfold’): from Old French despleier, from Latin displicare ‘scatter, disperse’ (in medieval Latin ‘unfold’). Compare with deploy."
}