show

Naija

Alternative forms

• sow

Etymology

Borrowed from English show

Pronunciation

• ʃoʊ̂

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 48
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 247
• Frequency in raw corpus: 5502
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 72

Noun

• Party wey people go make dem enjoy.

1. Five pipo wey blow afta di show  — (bbc__ Five people that made it after the show.)
2. Tiwa perform for di show  — (bbc__94150, Tiwa performed at the show.)

• Programme for di media.

1. Padi, padi is di name of di show.  — (WAZL_09_Talk-Show-Catman_DG__45, Padi padi is the name of the show.)
2. Former govnor of di state Donald Duke na one of di biker's wey been dey on show.  — (bbc_ Former governor of the state, Donald Duke is one of the biker's that have been featuring on the programme.)
3. E, e get one show I no tell you, e get one show for ABJ wey I go for.  — (LAG_14_Charles-And-Alfred-On-Music_DG__196, There...there is one show, I didn't even tell you, there is a show in ABJ which I went.)

Synonyms

• party, talk

Translations

• English: party, programme on the media.

Transitive

• Make person express someting.

1. Dey show love.  — (jw__7000, __no translation__)
2. I want show am di seriousness of wetin e talk.  — (NSC_Tella_2020, I want to let him realise the gravity of what he said.)
3. To thank you for this love you show,  — (jw__37824, __no translation__)

• Make person reveal someting.

1. But di proof wey dey di mata dey show say na from cells cancer dey from start.  — (bbc__22320, __no translation__)
2. Oga Aleburu dey advice say you fit just search di online vendor on top Google and everything about di company go show.  — (bbc__89634, __no translation__)

Intransitive

• Make person see someting.

1. E dey use am show sey wetin e talk must happen.  — (jw__38259, He used it to show that what he talks must happen.)
2. Wetin happun yesterday show say di movement ready to protest no mata what.  — (bbc__4287, What happened yesterday shows that the movement is ready to protest no matter what.)

• Make something or person surface.

1. Dem give Karon VIP treatment after di two other passengers wey don already book di flight no show.  — (bbc__29127, __no translation__)
2. Wizkid must show face  — (bbc__101082, __no translation__)

Serial Verb

Derived forms

• show up

1. E no dey show up for di party.  — (NSC_Tella_2020, I will not come around for the meeting.)
2. Nashow up in dey do for im boss.  — (NSC_Tella_2020, He is just pretending for his boss.)

Synonyms

• say, arrive, yarn

Antonyms

• waka, comot,

Translations

• English: To see, reveal, express and come around.