showcase

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Etymology

From show +‎ case.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃəʊˌkeɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoʊˌkeɪs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

showcase (plural showcases)

1. A case for displaying merchandise or valuable items.
2. A setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone, especially in an attractive or favorable aspect.

Synonyms

• (case for displaying): vitrine, display case
• (setting for exhibiting in favorable aspect): flagship (especially of a store)

Translations

a case for displaying merchandise or valuable items

Bulgarian: витри́на f (vitrína) Catalan: escaparat m Czech: vitrína (cs) f Finnish: vitriini (fi), lasikaappi German: Vitrine (de) f, Schaukasten (de) m Italian: esposizione (it) f Manx: kishtey taishbynys m Polish: gablota (pl) Portuguese: montra (pt), vitrine (pt) Romanian: vitrină (ro) f Russian: витри́на (ru) f (vitrína) Spanish: escaparate (es) m, vitrina (es) f, expositor m Turkish: camekân (tr), vitrin (tr) Ukrainian: вітри́на f (vitrýna)

a setting for displaying something favorably

Albanian: vitrinë (sq) f Arabic: واجِهَة f (wājiha), فَاتْرِينَة f (fatrīna) Armenian: ցուցափեղկ (hy) (cʻucʻapʻeġk), վիտրին (vitrin) Azerbaijani: vitrin (az) Belarusian: вітры́на f (vitrýna) Bulgarian: витри́на f (vitrína) Chinese: Mandarin: 櫥窗 / 橱窗 (zh) (chúchuāng), 陳列櫃 / 陈列柜 (chénlièguì), 展臺 / 展台 (zh) (zhǎntái), 展櫃 / 展柜 (zhǎnguì) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: vitrine (nl) f Estonian: vitriin (et) Finnish: vitriini (fi), lasikaappi, lasikko (fi) French: vitrine (fr) f Georgian: ვიტრინა (ka) (viṭrina) German: Schaufenster (de) n, Vitrine (de) f Greek: βιτρίνα (el) f (vitrína) Hungarian: vitrin (hu) Italian: vetrina (it) f Japanese: 飾り棚 (ja) (かざりだな, kazaridana), ショーケース (ja) (shōkēsu) Korean: 진열장 (ko) (jinyeoljang), 쇼케이스 (syokeiseu) Latvian: vitrīna f Lithuanian: vitrina f Macedonian: џамлак m (džamlak), излог m (izlog) Norwegian: (please verify) PR-jippo n Persian: ویترین (fa) (vitrin) Polish: witryna (pl) f Portuguese: vitrine (pt) f Romanian: vitrină (ro) f Russian: витри́на (ru) f (vitrína) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: витрина f, излог m Roman: vitrina (sh) f, izlog (sh) m Slovak: vitrína Slovene: vitrina f Spanish: vitrina (es) f Swedish: skyltfönster (sv) n, vitrin (sv) c Turkish: vitrin (tr) Ukrainian: вітри́на f (vitrýna) Vietnamese: tủ kính (vi)

Verb

showcase (third-person singular simple present showcases, present participle showcasing, simple past and past participle showcased)

1. (transitive) To display, demonstrate, show, or present.

   I think the demonstration really showcases the strengths of the software.

   • 2012 August 24, Yoram Hazony, “The God of Independent Minds”, in The Wall Street Journal:

     Today's debates over the place of religion in modern life often showcase the claim that belief in God stifles reason and science.

   • 2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours, page 93:

     The women usually wore bikini tops with shorts, swimsuits underneath cover-ups or just swimsuits. Men came in various types of trunks, from traditional boxers, to Speedos, to G-string trunks that showcased their packages.

   • 2015 August 21, “Archives 2014”, in National Museum of Natural Science‎, archived from the original on 06 October 2022‎:

     A traveling exhibition titled 'Sunshine Moving Elementary School', presented by the National Museum of Natural Science in partnership with DELTA Electronics Foundation, will be showcased at the Museum's plaza on Shi-tun Road from Feb. 27 through Apr. 9, 2014. The exhibition will inspire people of every age to be part of green revolution with the example of Ming-chuan Elementary School in Namahsia District, Kaohsiung City.

   • 2019 October 23, “New train fleets... but the same old problems”, in Rail, page 34:

     The manufacturer showcased vehicles in September 2018, at Derby Litchurch Lane, but they won't be in traffic this year.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:showcase.

Translations

to display, demonstrate, show, or present

Bulgarian: откроявам (otkrojavam) Finnish: esittää (fi), näyttää (fi) French: présenter (fr) German: herausstellen (de), zur Schau stellen, vorführen (de), darbieten (de), demonstrieren (de), präsentieren (de) Italian: mostrare (it), esporre (it), esibire (it), presentare (it) Korean: 전시하다 (ko) (jeonsihada) Romanian: prezenta (ro) Spanish: mostrar (es) Swedish: ställa ut (sv), förevisa (sv)

Anagrams

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