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dis·play (di splā′)

transitive verb

  1. Obsolete to unfold; spread out; unfurl
  2. to unfold to the eye; put or spread out so as to be seen; exhibit
  3. to unfold to the mind; disclose; reveal
  4. 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

  1. a displaying; exhibition
  2. anything displayed; exhibit
  3. showy exhibition; ostentation
    1. a manifestation a display of courage
    2. a mere show of something that is not genuine a display of sympathy
  5. a visual representation of data, as on a computer video screen

adjective

designating printing type in larger sizes, used for headings, advertisements, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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