“displaying” is a form of
display
/dɪsˈpleɪ/ noun, verb
Forms displays displaying displayed
- noun A show or spectacle. “The trapeze artist put on an amazing acrobatic display.”
- noun A piece of work to be presented visually. “Pupils are expected to produce a wall display about a country of their choice.”
- noun A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.
- noun (computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.
- noun (computing) The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception.
- verb (transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.
- verb (intransitive) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.
- verb (military) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line, deploy.
- verb (printing, dated) To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type.
- verb (obsolete) To discover; to descry.
- verb (obsolete) To spread out, to unfurl.
Synonyms
cardboard display splay show exhibit showing presentation video display expose
Etymology
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.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
- verb To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line.
- verb To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration. Shak.
- noun An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation.
Etymology [OE. displaien, desplaien, OF. despleier, desploier, F. déployer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + pleier, ploier, plier, F. ployer, plier, to fold, bend, L. plicare. See Ply, and cf. Deploy, Splay.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “display”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details