display

1 something intended to communicate a particular impression; "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a good show of looking interested" [syn: show]

2 something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art" [syn: exhibit, showing]

3 an electronic device that represents information in visual form

4 a visual representation of something [syn: presentation]

5 behavior that makes your feelings public; "a display of emotion"

6 exhibiting openly in public view; "a display of courage"

1 to show, make visible or apparent; "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" [syn: expose, exhibit]

2 make clear and visible; "The article revealed the policies of the government" [syn: reveal, show]

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

English

Pronunciation

• /dɪsˈpleɪ/
• SAMPA: /dIs"pleI/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Etymology

From despleier, from displicare.

Noun

1. A show or spectacle.
2. : An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.

Translations

• Bulgarian: монитор (2)
• Finnish: näyttö (2), monitori (2)
• Portuguese: monitor (2)
• Spanish: monitor (2)
• Russian монитор
• Vietnamese: biểu hiện (1); màn hình (2)

Related terms

• characters
• cursor
• digits
• graphics

Verb

1. : To show conspicuously.

Translations

• Bulgarian: показвам

Dutch

Pronunciation

• /'dɪspleɪ/

Noun

display m, n

1. Display

Display may mean one of several things:

• Display as a form of biological behaviour
• Display device, a manufactured apparatus for generating visual displays
  • In particular, a computer display, usually called a monitor
    • Display font - a font that is suitable for use on a computer display
• Museum, Art exhibition, Trade fair, Science fair, Store or other display
• Fireworks display
• Volumetric display
• Information visualization
• A type of activation frame in a call stack utilized by programming languages

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