If something shows that a state of affairs exists, it gives information that proves it or makes it clear to people.

If a picture, chart, film, or piece of writing shows something, it represents it or gives information about it.

If you show someone something, you give it to them, take them to it, or point to it, so that they can see it or know what you are referring to.

If you show someone to a room or seat, you lead them there.

If you show someone how to do something, you do it yourself so that they can watch you and learn how to do it.

If something shows or if you show it, it is visible or noticeable.

If you show a particular attitude, quality, or feeling, or if it shows, you behave in a way that makes this attitude, quality, or feeling clear to other people.

If something shows a quality or characteristic or if that quality or characteristic shows itself, it can be noticed or observed.

A show of a feeling or quality is an attempt by someone to make it clear that they have that feeling or quality.

If you say that something is for show, you mean that it has no real purpose and is done just to give a good impression.

If a company shows a profit or a loss, its accounts indicate that it has made a profit or a loss.

If a person you are expecting to meet does not show, they do not arrive at the place where you expect to meet them.

A television or radio show is a programme on television or radio.

A show in a theatre is an entertainment or concert, especially one that includes different items such as music, dancing, and comedy.

If someone shows a film or television programme, it is broadcast or appears on television or in the cinema.

A show is a public exhibition of things, such as works of art, fashionable clothes, or things that have been entered in a competition.

To show things such as works of art means to put them in an exhibition where they can be seen by the public.

In a horse race, if a horse shows, it finishes first, second, or third.

A show home, house, or flat is one of a group of new homes. The building company decorates it and puts furniture in it, and people who want to buy one of the homes come and look round it.

If a question is decided by a show of hands, people vote on it by raising their hands to indicate whether they vote yes or no.

If you have something to show for your efforts, you have achieved something as a result of what you have done.

You can say 'I'll show you' to threaten or warn someone that you are going to make them admit that they are wrong.

If you say it just goes to show or it just shows that something is the case, you mean that what you have just said or experienced demonstrates that it is the case.

If you say that someone is running the show, you mean that they are in control or in charge of a situation.

If you say that someone steals the show, you mean that they get a lot of attention or praise because they perform better than anyone else in a show or other event.