showcase

/ˌʃoʊˈkeɪs/

/ˈʃʌʊkeɪs/

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

   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

   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

   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