Read and Show

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Read verb - Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments.

Usage example: The gauge read `empty'

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Show is a synonym for read in express topic. In some cases you can use "Show" instead a verb "Read", when it comes to topics like indicate, register.

Show verb - Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments.

Usage example: The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero

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Read is a synonym for show. You can use "Read" instead a verb "Show".

Nearby Words: showy, showed, showing, showcase, shown

live	live read	live show
old	old read	old show
good	good read	good show
best	best read	best show
Other adjectives: long, better, short, standard, original, light, great, little, bad, dark, fun, comic, awesome.

A character is noted to have watched a movie/seen a show/read a book/etc.

Source: Saw "Star Wars" 27 Times
A kid wanted to watch the show, but he had to read the play for homework instead, and imagined it with the Moonlighting actors playing the roles.

Source: Separate Scene Storytelling
In one scene Arya Stark is trying to show Hot Pie how to read a map, and he's astonished that she can actually read the place names written on it (unaware that she's actually nobleborn).

Source: Never Learned to Read

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