shows

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of show.

   The new evidence shows that the original report was wrong.

   He shows visitors around the gallery every weekend.

   Note

   The -s form agrees with a singular subject: he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the chart or the evidence. It carries every meaning of the verb. It covers displaying and demonstrating (the chart shows a rise), guiding (she shows guests in), simply being visible (the stain still shows), and the informal show-up sense (he never shows on time).

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of show.

   The theater scheduled three shows for opening weekend.

   Several of the network's late-night shows were canceled this season.

   Note

   The plural follows the ordinary -s pattern across every countable meaning of the noun: stage performances, exhibitions, broadcast programs, movies. In Australian and New Zealand English it also names agricultural exhibitions, so shows there can mean farm fairs as well as entertainments. The same spelling serves as the present-tense verb. A determiner such as three or the before it marks the noun.

Showing meanings only. Show all 2