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Showing

//ˈʃəʊɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
An occasion when something is shown.
"We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie."
2
something shown to the public wordnet
3
A result, a judgement.
"He made a poor showing at his first time at bat."
4
the display of a motion picture wordnet

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of show form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English schewynge, schewand, schewande, schewende, from Old English sċēawiende, from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōndī, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, observe”), equivalent to show + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English schewyng, schewinge, from Old English sċēawung (“a looking at, contemplation, consideration; respect, regard; survey, examination; a show, appearance, pretense”), from Proto-West Germanic *skauwungu, from Proto-Germanic *skawwungō, equivalent to show + -ing. Cognate with Dutch schouwing (“inspection, survey”), German Schauung (“vision”).

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