{
    "term": "display",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "display",
            "heSheIt": "displays"
        },
        "pastSimple": "displayed",
        "pastParticiple": "displayed",
        "ingForm": "displaying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to put something in a place where people can see it easily; to show something to people",
            "sensetop": "display somethingdisplay something to somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The exhibition gives local artists an opportunity to display their work.",
                    "contextForm": "display something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His football trophies were **prominently displayed** in the kitchen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She displayed her bruises for all to see."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **proudly displayed** her certificate to her parents.",
                    "contextForm": "display something to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A notice will be displayed in the hotel lobby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "traders displaying their wares in the street market"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He dearly loved to display his knowledge."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "exhibit",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["clearly", "prominently", "proudly"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to show a quality, feeling, skill or type of behaviour; to show signs of something",
            "sensetop": "display something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I have rarely seen her display any sign of emotion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **displays** amazing **skill** with a golf club."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The supporting cast **displays** real acting **talent**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These statistics display a definite trend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many animals in stressful conditions display this behaviour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "From 1811 until his death in 1820, George III displayed symptoms of insanity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He displayed remarkable courage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "displaying a lack of understanding"
                },
                {
                    "text": "displaying the symptoms of nervous exhaustion"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Every so often he would display a vein of sharp humour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A group of artists will be displaying their skills to the students."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to show information",
            "sensetop": "display something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Giant screens **displayed images** of cheering crowds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "ways of **displaying information** on screen"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The screen will display the username in the top right-hand corner."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This column displays the title of the mail message."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to show a special pattern of behaviour that is intended to attract a female bird or animal",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪ/",
                "audio": "di/display/display__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪz/",
                "audio": "di/display/displays__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪd/",
                "audio": "di/display/displayed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/display/displaying__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪ/",
                "audio": "di/display/display__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪz/",
                "audio": "di/display/displays__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪd/",
                "audio": "di/display/displayed__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈspleɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/display/displaying__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘unfurl, unfold’): from Old French despleier, from Latin displicare ‘scatter, disperse’ (in medieval Latin ‘unfold’). Compare with deploy."
}