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7 VERB If you show a particular attitude, quality, or feeling, or if it shows , you behave in a way that makes this attitude, quality, or feeling clear to other people. □ [V n] She showed no interest in her children. □ [V ] Ferguson was unhappy and it showed. □ [V n n] You show me respect. □ [V pron-refl to-inf] Mr Clarke has shown himself to be resolutely opposed to compromise. □ [V that] The baby was tugging at his coat to show that he wanted to be picked up.

8 VERB If something shows a quality or characteristic or if that quality or characteristic shows itself , it can be noticed or observed. □ [V n] The story shows a strong narrative gift and a vivid eye for detail. □ [V pron-refl] How else did his hostility to women show itself?

9 N‑COUNT [usu a N of n] A show of a feeling or quality is an attempt by someone to make it clear that they have that feeling or quality. □ [+ of ] Miners gathered in the city centre in a show of support for the government.

10 N‑UNCOUNT If you say that something is for show , you mean that it has no real purpose and is done just to give a good impression. □  The change in government is more for show than for real.

11 VERB If a company shows a profit or a loss, its accounts indicate that it has made a profit or a loss. □ [V n] It is the only one of the three companies expected to show a profit for the quarter.

12 VERB If a person you are expecting to meet does not show , they do not arrive at the place where you expect to meet them. [mainly AM ] □ [V ] There was always a chance he wouldn't show. ● PHRASAL VERB Show up means the same as show . □ [V P ] We waited until five o'clock, but he did not show up.

13 N‑COUNT A television or radio show is a programme on television or radio. □  I had my own TV show. □  This is the show in which the presenter visits the houses of the famous. □  …a popular talk show on a Cuban radio station.

14 N‑COUNT A show in a theatre is an entertainment or concert, especially one that includes different items such as music, dancing, and comedy. □  How about going shopping and seeing a show in London?

15 VERB If someone shows a film or television programme, it is broadcast or appears on television or in the cinema. □ [V n] The BBC World Service Television news showed the same film clip. □ [V ] At its peak, the film showed in 93 theaters nationwide in its third weekend. ●  show|ing (showings ) N‑COUNT □ [+ of ] I gave him a private showing of the film.

16 N‑COUNT [oft on N ] A show is a public exhibition of things, such as works of art, fashionable clothes, or things that have been entered in a competition. □  The venue for the show is the city's exhibition centre. □  Two complementary exhibitions are on show at the Africa Centre.

17 VERB To show things such as works of art means to put them in an exhibition where they can be seen by the public. □ [V n] 50 dealers will show oils, watercolours, drawings and prints from 1900 to 1992.

18 ADJ [ADJ n] A show home, house, or flat is one of a group of new homes. The building company decorates it and puts furniture in it, and people who want to buy one of the homes come and look round it.

19 PHRASE If a question is decided by a show of hands , people vote on it by raising their hands to indicate whether they vote yes or no. □  Parliamentary leaders agreed to take all such decisions by a show of hands. □  Russell then asked for a show of hands concerning each of the targets.