Word Direct Answers

What does "display" mean?

Display: (Mil.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. Farrow.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest. His statement . . . displays very clearly the actual condition of the army. Burke.
  2. 3.To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade. Proudly displaying the insignia of their order. Prescott.
  3. 4.(Print.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.
  4. 5.To discover; to descry. [Obs.] And from his seat took pleasure to display The city so adorned with towers. Chapman.
  5. 6.To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration. Shak.
  6. 7.An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation. Having witnessed displays of his power and grace. Trench.
  7. 8.Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade. He died, as erring man should die, Without display, without parade. Byron.

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