displaying

Pluraldisplayings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of display.

   The museum is displaying artifacts recovered from the shipwreck.

   She enjoys displaying her collection to anyone who visits.

   Note

   The -ing form does double duty. In "is displaying" it is a participle that builds the progressive, and in "enjoys displaying" it is a gerund serving as an object. Most uses take a direct object, as in displaying artifacts or displaying a collection, but the verb can also stand alone, meaning simply to make a show. In drill it can mean extending a column's front into line.

2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The process of putting something on view; an act of presenting it for others to see.

   The displaying of the artifacts required careful lighting and humidity control.

   Proper displaying of the merchandise noticeably increased weekend sales.

   Similarexhibition, presentation, showing, showcasing

   Oppositeconcealment, hiding

   Note

   Once it becomes a true noun, it behaves like one. It takes an article or adjective and joins its object with of, as in the displaying of the artifacts. That is the test that separates it from the verbal -ing form, which takes its object directly. It works as a mass noun for the process and as a count noun, plural displayings, for individual showings.

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