Word Study
showing (root: show)
CIDE DICTIONARY
showing, n.
- Appearance; display; exhibition. [1913 Webster]
- Presentation of facts; statement. J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
showing, n.
1 the act or an instance of showing.
2 a usu. specified quality of performance (made a poor showing).
3 the presentation of a case; evidence (on present showing it must be true).
1 the act or an instance of showing.
2 a usu. specified quality of performance (made a poor showing).
3 the presentation of a case; evidence (on present showing it must be true).
Etymology
OE sceawung (as SHOW)
THESAURUS
showing
Christophanic, Satanophanic, angelophanic, apocalyptic, apparent, apparition, appearance, appearing, arising, avatar, bared, beholdable, betraying, characterization, coming, coming into being, coming-forth, demonstrating, demonstration, demonstrative, denomination, denotation, denudated, denuded, designation, detectable, differentiation, discernible, disclosed, disclosing, disclosive, disclosure, display, displaying, divested, emergence, enactment, epiphanic, epiphany, evident, evidential, evincive, exhibit, exhibition, exhibitive, exposed, exposed to view, exposing, exposition, expositional, expository, exposure, expression, expressive, eye-opening, face, fingering, forthcoming, guise, hanging out, hint, identification, in evidence, in full view, in plain sight, in view, incarnating, incarnation, incarnational, indication, indicative, indicativeness, indicatory, insight, issuance, laid bare, manifest, manifestation, manifestative, materialization, materializing, meaning, naked, naming, noticeable, observable, occurrence, open, open to view, opening, ostentation, out, outcropping, perceivable, perceptible, performance, picking out, pneumatophanic, pointing, pointing out, pointing to, presentation, presentational, presentment, production, projection, promulgatory, realization, recognizable, record, representation, retrospective, revealed, revealing, revelation, revelational, revelatory, rise, rising, seeable, seeming, selection, semblance, show, showing forth, signification, simulacrum, specification, stripped, suggestion, symptomaticness, talkative, theophanic, theophany, to be seen, unclouded, unconcealed, uncovered, undisguised, unfolding, unfoldment, unhidden, unveiled, unveiling, varnishing day, vernissage, viewable, visible, visual, witnessableROGET THESAURUS
showing
Evidence
N evidence, facts, premises, data, praecognita, grounds, indication, criterion, testimony, testification, expert testimony, attestation, deposition, examination, admission, authority, warrant, credential, diploma, voucher, certificate, doquet, docket, testamur, record, document, pi ce justificative, deed, warranty, signature, seal, exhibit, material evidence, objective evidence, witness, indicator, hostile witness, eyewitness, earwitness, material witness, state's evidence, deponent, sponsor, cojuror, oral evidence, documentary evidence, hearsay evidence, external evidence, extrinsic evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence, circumstantial evidence, cumulative evidence, ex parte evidence, presumptive evidence, collateral evidence, constructive evidence, proof, evidence in chief, secondary evidence, confirmation, corroboration, support, ratification, authentication, compurgation, wager of law, comprobation, citation, reference, legal research, literature search (experiment), showing, indicative, indicatory, deducible, grounded on, founded on, based on, corroborative, confirmatory, by inference, according to, witness, a fortiori, still more, still less, raison de plus, in corroboration, of, valeat quantum, under seal, under one's hand and seal, dictum de dicto, mise en evidence.Manifestation
N manifestation, plainness, plain speaking, expression, showing, exposition, demonstration, exhibition, production, display, show, showing off, premonstration, exhibit, indication, publicity, disclosure, openness panchement, evidence, manifest, apparent, salient, striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced, flagrant, notorious, arrant, stark staring, unshaded, glaring, defined, definite, distinct, conspicuous, obvious, evident, unmistakable, indubitable, not to be mistaken, palpable, self-evident, autoptical, intelligible, plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday, plain as a pike staff, plain as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as the way to parish church, explicit, overt, patent, express, ostensible, open, open as day, naked, bare, literal, downright, undisguised, exoteric, unreserved, frank, plain-spoken, candid (veracious), barefaced, manifested, disclosed, capable of being shown, producible, inconcealable, unconcealable, no secret, manifestly, openly, before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face to face, above board, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets, in market overt, in the face of day, face of heaven, in broad daylight, in open daylight, without reserve, at first blush, prima facie, on the face of, in set terms, cela saute aux yeux, he that runs may read, you can see it with half an eye, it needs no ghost to tell us, the meaning lies on the surface, cela va sans dire, res ipsa loquitur, clothing the palpable and familiar, fari quae sentiat, volto sciolto i pensieri stretti, you don't need a weatherman to know which way the.For further exploring for "showing" in Webster Dictionary Online