showing
An occasion when something is shown.
Noun 2 meanings
An occasion when something is shown.
“We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie.”
A result, a judgement.
“He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.”
Etymology
From Middle English schewynge, schewand, schewande, schewende, from Old English sċēawiende, from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōndī, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, observe”), equivalent to show + -ing.
SHOWING at a glance
SHOWING has 7 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (S 1 + H 4 + O 1 + W 4 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,367 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with showing
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- SLOWING11
- SHOVING14
- SNOWING11
- SHORING11
- STOWING11
- SHOEING11
- CHOWING16
- SHOOING11
- SHEWING14
- SHAWING14
- SCOWING13
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