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TO SHOW UP

Definition: TO SHOW UP

TO SHOW UP

1. To expose. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO SHOW UP

Etymologies containing "TO SHOW UP": Paradigm. (references)

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Modern Usage: TO SHOW UP

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You know, I have made a career out of waiting for you to show up. (The Lost World: Jurassic Park; writing credit: David Koepp)

I don't think I've ever been to an appointment in my life where I wanted the other guy to show up. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

So, gringo, you have decide to show up. (The Monkees; writing credit: Dee Caruso; Gerald Gardner)

The most important thing in life is showing up i am blown away by your ability to show up. (Hard Ball; writing credit: John Gatins)

Hey, the last thing I want is to show up at the office and find that I'm working for a homicidal monster. (Angel; writing credit: Letcia Dornelles)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: TO SHOW UP

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Problems with speech and swallowing are much more common and severe in PSP than in Parkinson's disease, and tend to show up earlier in the course of the disease. (references)

Economic History

Egypt

The passage of the new mortgage law in mid-2001 could start to show up in increased lending for real estate activities by early 2003. (references)

Japan

The local government investment promotion efforts are also hampered by the fact that the local government is usually in the position of setting rigid conditions to qualify for incentives (by law), and sitting back and waiting for firms to show up which meet those criteria. (references)

Human Rights

Kenya

Police often fail to show up or lack the means to transport the remandees, who then must await the next hearing of their case. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: TO SHOW UP

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Lin Wood

Well, Steve Thomas is not going to show up if I'm around because Steve Thomas knows that I've got the goods on him. I can destroy his credibility in two minutes or less if he comes on. Free shot to repeat what he said in his book he might come on.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TO SHOW UP

Language Translations for "TO SHOW UP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

失約 (fail to show up for an appointment). (various references)

   

Danish

  

poroesiteterne kan goeres synlige ved udsivning,eller ved hjaelp af en speciel kobberaetsning,der lader de sejgrede omraader staa lyst:poroesiteterne fremtraeder da sort paa den lyse baggrund. (by a copper etch selected so as to show up the segregated zones in white ; the porosities then appear as black on the white segregated background, even better, the porosities may be revealed by penetrant inspection or). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

de poreusiteiten kunnen door middel van penetrante inspectie zichtbaar gemaakt worden of-wat nog beter is-door een zodanige koperetsing dat de uitgescheiden zone witgekleurd wordt;de poreusiteit is dan in zwart zichtbaar op de witte segregatie-achtergrond (by a copper etch selected so as to show up the segregated zones in white ; the porosities then appear as black on the white segregated background, even better, the porosities may be revealed by penetrant inspection or). (various references)

   

French

  

on peut mettre en évidence les porosités par ressuage, ou mieux par une attaque cuivrique choisie pour révéler en blanc ces zones ségrégées : les porosités apparaissent alors en noir sur le fond clair ségrégé (by a copper etch selected so as to show up the segregated zones in white ; the porosities then appear as black on the white segregated background). (various references)

   

German

  

durch Ausschwitzen kann man die Porositaeten sichtbar machen oder besser noch mit Hilfe einer ausgewaehlten Kupferaetzung, um die geseigerten Zonen hell erscheinen zu lassen dann erscheinen die Porositaeten schwarz auf dem hellen geseigerten Untergrund (by a copper etch selected so as to show up the segregated zones in white ; the porosities then appear as black on the white segregated background, even better, the porosities may be revealed by penetrant inspection or). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τα πορώδη είναι δυνατό να αποκαλυφθούν μέσω μελέτης διεισδυτικότητας ή ακόμη καλύτερα με επιλεγμένη χαλκούχα προσβολή για την αποκάλυψη τ (by a copper etch selected so as to show up the segregated zones in white ; the porosities then appear as black on the white segregated background). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

látszik (appear, seem, showed, shown, to seem, to shimmer, to show), felmutat (hold up, render, show off, to elevate, to produce, to render, to set forth, to show off), érvényesül (prevail, to get on, to predominate, to prevail, to prevail among in). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Le porosit possono essere rese visibili mediante esami con liquidi penetranti o meglio ancora per mezzo di un attacco selettivo al rame, onde far apparirechiare le zone segregate : in tal modo le porosit si presentano nere su un fondo segregato chiaro (by a copper etch selected so as to show up the segregated zones in white ; the porosities then appear as black on the white segregated background, even better, the porosities may be revealed by penetrant inspection or). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay owshay upay

   

Portuguese

  

podem pôr-se em evidência as porosidades por extracção de líquido ou,melhor,por um ataque cúprico escolhido para fazer destacar em branco estas zonas segregadas:as porosidades aparecem então a preto sobre o fundo claro segregado (by a copper etch selected so as to show up the segregated zones in white ; the porosities then appear as black on the white segregated background, even better, the porosities may be revealed by penetrant inspection or). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

las porosidades se pueden poner de manifiesto mediante inspección penetrante o,incluso mejor,mediante un ataque cúprico elegido de manera que muestre las zonas segregadas en blanco;las porosidades aparecen entonces en negro sobre el fondo blanco segrega (by a copper etch selected so as to show up the segregated zones in white ; the porosities then appear as black on the white segregated background, even better, the porosities may be revealed by penetrant inspection or). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO SHOW UP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "h-o-o-p-s-t-u-w"

-1 letter: upshoot.

-2 letters: photos, tophus, upshot, whoops.

-3 letters: hoops, hoots, ouphs, photo, phots, phuts, poohs, pouts, shoot, shout, sooth, south, spout, stoop, stoup, stowp, swoop, thous, tophs, topos, whoop, whops, whoso, woops, woosh.

-4 letters: hoop, hoot, hops, host, hots, hows, huts, oohs, oops, oots, opts, opus, ouph, oust, outs, phot, phut, pooh, posh, post, pots.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO SHOW UP


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      53 48 4F 57      55 50

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010011 01001000 01001111 01010111 00100000 01010101 01010000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#83 &#72 &#79 &#87 &#32 &#85 &#80

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0053 0048 004F 0057      0055 0050

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

544925342495725550

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Quotations: Spoken
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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