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showcase

/ˌʃoʊˈkeɪs/
/ˈʃʌʊkeɪs/
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Other forms: showcasing; showcased; showcases

A chef who crafts an elaborate seven-course meal featuring their finest dishes has created a culinary showcase, highlighting their skills and talents in the kitchen.

To showcase means to put on an impressive presentation, typically referring to skills and talents. The word can be used as both a noun and a verb. As a noun, it refers to an event or exhibit that highlights the best features, like a student art showcase or a talent show. As a verb, it means to prominently exhibit something, such as showcasing your skills in a presentation or new products at a trade fair.

Definitions of showcase
  1. noun
    a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
    synonyms: case, display case, vitrine
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    types:
    trophy case
    a case in which to display trophies
    type of:
    container
    any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
  2. noun
    a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect
    “it was a showcase for democracy in Africa”
    synonyms: show window
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    type of:
    background, scope, setting
    the state of the environment in which a situation exists
  3. verb
    show; make visible or apparent
    synonyms: display, exhibit, expose
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    types:
    open
    display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
    bring forth, produce
    bring out for display
    hold up
    hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
    bench
    exhibit on a bench
    moon
    expose one's buttocks to
    flash, flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank
    display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
    brandish
    exhibit aggressively
    model
    display (clothes) as a mannequin
    model, pose, posture, sit
    assume a posture as for artistic purposes
    gibbet, pillory
    expose to ridicule or public scorn
    turn on
    produce suddenly or automatically
    flex
    exhibit the strength of
    splurge
    be showy or ostentatious
    ramp
    be rampant
    type of:
    show
    make visible or noticeable
Pronunciation
US
/ˌʃoʊˈkeɪs/
UK
/ˈʃʌʊkeɪs/
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