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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-spley
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspleɪ

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Définition of displaying

Origin :
  • late 13c., "unfurl" (a banner, etc.), from Old French desploiir (Modern French déployer) "unfold, unfasten, spread out" (of knots, sealed letters, etc.), from Latin displicare "to scatter," from dis- "un-, apart" (see dis-) + plicare "to fold" (see ply (v.1)).
  • Properly of sails or flags (and unconnected to play); meaning "reveal, exhibit" is late 14c. Related: Displayed; displaying.
  • verb show for public viewing, effect
Example sentences :
  • “This is the last opera of the season,” said she, displaying a pink ticket.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • This sight amused him, particularly when there were women there displaying their bare bosoms.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • The skin had been torn away, displaying the rosy flesh, studded with dark specks.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • Now then you have a fine opportunity of displaying your training.
  • Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
  • Portstewart was displaying symptoms of decline as a watering-place.
  • Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II) » by Edmund Downey
  • Since the flower-show, the Premier was displaying feverish activity.
  • Extract from : « Half a Hero » by Anthony Hope
  • "Here is the document," said Hagan, displaying Felipe's paper.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Pursuit » by Burt L. Standish
  • Then Cloderic himself, when he was displaying his treasures, was slain by some one, I know not whom.
  • Extract from : « Theodoric the Goth » by Thomas Hodgkin
  • Material pleasures are eating, displaying, possessing, and society.
  • Extract from : « Evening Round Up » by William Crosbie Hunter
  • Circumstances did not give her the opportunity of displaying her genius.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry » by Etienne Leon Lamothe-Langon

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