display
display definition
dis·play (di splā′)
transitive verb
- Obsolete to unfold; spread out; unfurl
- to unfold to the eye; put or spread out so as to be seen; exhibit
- to unfold to the mind; disclose; reveal
- to print conspicuously, as in large or fancy type
Etymology: ME displeien < OFr despleier < L displicare, to scatter, unfold < dis-, apart + plicare, to fold: see ply
noun
- a displaying; exhibition
- anything displayed; exhibit
- showy exhibition; ostentation
- a manifestation a display of courage
- a mere show of something that is not genuine a display of sympathy
- a visual representation of data, as on a computer video screen
adjective
designating printing type in larger sizes, used for headings, advertisements, etc.
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