displays

noun

(computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.

A show or spectacle.

A piece of work to be presented visually.

A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.

(computing) The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception.

verb

(transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.

(intransitive) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.

(military) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line, deploy.

(printing, dated) To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type.

(obsolete) To discover; to descry.

(obsolete) To spread out, to unfurl.

Roots

plicoplay- · Latin · fold

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