/ʃəʊ/
Translation
To let someone see something, or to make a thing clear to them.
Word origin
From Old English sceawian, meaning to look at or inspect, which over time shifted to mean letting others see.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- sceawian
Grammar
Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.
Examples
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"Show" asks someone to let you see something.
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"Shows" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Shown" is the past participle of "show".
Used in
Stories
(9)The New House
2 min read · Core 1000
Cooking Together
3 min read · Core 1000
The First Day at Work
3 min read · Core 1000
Two Gardens
4 min read · Core 5000
Not in Front of Them
5 min read · Core 1000
The Midnight Piano
5 min read · Core 5000
The Suggestion Box
5 min read · Core 5000
The Tuesday Visitor
5 min read · Core 5000
Two Tickets to Paris
5 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(12)As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Cleft sentences in English: it was X who, what I need is, and how to move the emphasis
Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Irregular verbs in English: the full list by pattern
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
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