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Added 29 September 2026

display

/dɪsˈpleɪ/ noun

In Latin: ostentus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about display at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A show or spectacle.
The trapeze artist put on an amazing acrobatic display.
A piece of work to be presented visually.
Pupils are expected to produce a wall display about a country of their choice.
A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.

verb

To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.
To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.
To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line, deploy.

Origin

From Middle English displayen, from Anglo-Norman despleier and Old French despleier, desploiier, from Medieval Latin displicare (“to unfold, display”), from Latin dis- (“apart”) + plicāre (“to fold”). Doublet of deploy.

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