Show vs. Series

(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).

Example: ‘The car's dull finish showed years of neglect.’; ‘All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper.’;

(transitive) To bestow; to confer.

Example: ‘to show mercy; to show favour; (dialectal) show me the salt please’;

(transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.

(transitive) To guide or escort.

Example: ‘Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.’;

(intransitive) To be visible, to be seen.

Example: ‘Your bald patch is starting to show.’;

To put in an appearance; show up.

Example: ‘We waited for an hour, but they never showed.’;

To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.

To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.

Example: ‘In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.’;

(obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.

(countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.

(countable) An exhibition of items.

Example: ‘art show;’; ‘dog show’;

(countable) A demonstration.

Example: ‘show of force’;

(countable) A broadcast program/programme.

Example: ‘radio show;’; ‘television show’;

(countable) A movie.

Example: ‘Let's catch a show.’;

(uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)

Example: ‘The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.’;

A project or presentation.

Example: ‘''Let's get on with the show.’; ‘Let's get this show on the road.’; ‘They went on an international road show to sell the shares to investors.’; ‘It was Apple's usual dog and pony show.’;

The major leagues.

Example: ‘He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show.’;

A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.

(obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.

(medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; - the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers).

Example: ‘Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest.’; ‘Nor want we skill or art from whence to raiseMagnificence; and what can heaven show more?’;

To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.

Example: ‘Shew them the way wherein they must walk.’; ‘If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away.’;

Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door.

To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event.

Example: ‘I 'll show my duty by my timely care.’;

To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.

Example: ‘Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.’;

To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.

Example: ‘Just such she shows before a rising storm.’; ‘All round a hedge upshoots, and showsAt distance like a little wood.’;

To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.

Example: ‘My lord of York, it better showed with you.’;

The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.

That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show.

Example: ‘As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows.’;

Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.

Example: ‘I envy none their pageantry and show.’;

Semblance; likeness; appearance.

Example: ‘He through the midst unmarked,In show plebeian angel militantOf lowest order, passed.’;

False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.

Example: ‘Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.’;

A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor.

A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.

a public exhibition of entertainment;

Example: ‘a remarkable show of skill’;

something intended to communicate a particular impression;

Example: ‘made a display of strength’; ‘a show of impatience’; ‘a good show of looking interested’;

a public exhibition or entertainment;

Example: ‘they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway’;

pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression;

Example: ‘they try to keep up appearances’; ‘that ceremony is just for show’;

show or demonstrate something to an interested audience;

Example: ‘She shows her dogs frequently’; ‘We will demo the new software in Washington’;

establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment;

Example: ‘The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound’; ‘The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture’;

provide evidence for;

Example: ‘The blood test showed that he was the father’; ‘Her behavior testified to her incompetence’;

make visible or noticeable;

Example: ‘She showed her talent for cooking’; ‘Show me your etchings, please’;

show in, or as in, a picture;

Example: ‘This scene depicts country life’; ‘the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting’;

give expression to;

Example: ‘She showed her disappointment’;

indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively;

Example: ‘I showed the customer the glove section’; ‘He pointed to the empty parking space’; ‘he indicated his opponents’;

make clear and visible;

Example: ‘The article revealed the policies of the government’;

be or become visible or noticeable;

Example: ‘His good upbringing really shows’; ‘The dirty side will show’;

indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments;

Example: ‘The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero’; ‘The gauge read `empty'’;

give evidence of, as of records;

Example: ‘The diary shows his distress that evening’;

show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums;

Example: ‘The usher showed us to our seats’;

finish third or better in a horse or dog race;

Example: ‘he bet $2 on number six to show’;

A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.

Example: ‘A series of seemingly inconsequential events led cumulatively to the fall of the company.’;

A television or radio program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals

Example: ‘“Friends” was one of the most successful television series in recent years.’;

A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.

Example: ‘The third series of “Friends” aired from 1996 to 1997.’;

(mathematics) The sequence of partial sums \sum_{i=1}^n{a_i} of a given sequence ai.

Example: ‘The harmonic series has been much studied.’;

A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.

Example: ‘The Blue Jays are playing the Yankees in a four-game series.’;

(zoology) An unranked taxon.

(botany) A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.

(commerce) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.

(phonology) A set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.

(electronics) Connected one after the other in a circuit.

Example: ‘You have to connect the lights in series for them to work properly.’;

A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events.

Example: ‘During some years his life a series of triumphs.’;

Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups.

In Engler's system of plant classification, a group of families showing certain structural or morphological relationships. It corresponds to the cohort of some writers, and to the order of many modern systematists.

An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series.

A mode of arranging the separate parts of a circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form a single path for the current; - opposed to parallel. The parts so arranged are said to be in series.

A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.

similar things placed in order or happening one after another;

Example: ‘they were investigating a series of bank robberies’;

a serialized set of programs;

Example: ‘a comedy series’; ‘the Masterworks concert series’;

a periodical that appears at scheduled times

(sports) several contests played successively by the same teams;

Example: ‘the visiting team swept the series’;

a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection;

Example: ‘the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers’; ‘his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies’;

(mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions

(electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other;

Example: ‘the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors’;