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Display   /dɪsplˈeɪ/   Listen
noun
Display  n.  
1.
An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation. "Having witnessed displays of his power and grace."
2.
Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade. "He died, as erring man should die, Without display, without parade."
3.
(Electronics) An electronic device on which the output signal of another electronic device may be presented in a visual form; also called display device. Typically the display device it is the screen of a cathode-ray tube, as in a computer monitor, but other forms of visual display such as LED or liquid crystal devices are also used. The printed output from a computer or other device is not considered as a display.
4.
(Computers) The output signal from a computer program, displayed on a display device. The displayed signal may consist of letters, numbers, or any graphical image.
5.
(Biology) A pattern of behavior, such as showing a body part to another animal, by which one animal conveys information to another, as for mating or defense.



verb
Display  v. t.  (past & past part. displayed; pres. part. displaying)  
1.
To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread. "The northern wind his wings did broad display."
2.
(Mil.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line.
3.
To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest. "His statement... displays very clearly the actual condition of the army."
4.
To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade. "Proudly displaying the insignia of their order."
5.
(Print.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.
6.
To discover; to descry. (Obs.) "And from his seat took pleasure to display The city so adorned with towers."
7.
(Computers) To output (results or data) in a visible manner on the screen of a monitor, CRT, or other device.
Synonyms: To exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand; flaunt.



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






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... less for a surplice, and the name of a bishop.' If there could be an intermediate space between inspired, and uninspired writings, that space would be occupied by Leighton. No show of learning, no appearance, or ostentatious display of eloquence; and yet both may be shown in him, conspicuously and holily. There is in him something that must be felt, even as the scriptures must be ...
— The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1838 • James Gillman

... my sins! my sins! and he keeps my book of conscience too! He can display them, with a witness! Oh, treacherous ...
— The Works of John Dryden, Vol. 6 (of 18) - Limberham; Oedipus; Troilus and Cressida; The Spanish Friar • John Dryden

... towards the north, the country became more rugged and mountainous, and changes in the costume of the peasantry showed that they had passed into another province: the black velvet cap of the Castilian, ever worn so as to display to advantage his noble, lofty forehead, was replaced by one of woollen material, of a brilliant red, long, and hanging down behind. The scenery every moment became more grand and sublime, and the young girls, who had spent their lives chiefly ...
— Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight - Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside • Emily Mayer Higgins

... trained journalist, and yet with sufficient fulness to make the picture distinct and clear in almost every detail. The book is as easy to read as a well-written novel; it is clear and interesting, and commands the attention throughout, the more for the absence of anything like oratorical display or forensic combativeness. In literary polish it is not beyond criticism, though occasional infelicities of expression and instances of carelessness do not outweigh the general clearness and force of style. It is not at all points unerring in portraiture, nor infallible ...
— Bay State Monthly, Vol. II, No. 1, October, 1884 - A Massachusetts Magazine • Various

... some twenty-five miles farther on, Mr. Kendal, who had watched the whole of the night without losing sight of the sky for a single moment, did not perceive any trace of light. Captain Parry saw an aurora borealis display itself against the side of a mountain; and we are assured that a luminous ring has sometimes been perceived upon the very surface of the sea, around the magnetic pole. Lieutenant Hood and Dr. Richardson, being placed at ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. IV, No. 26, December, 1859 • Various


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