How to spell display

hear itdis·play/dɪ'spleɪ/verbRules and real life

What it means: to show, make visible or apparent

In a sentence: The teacher will display the stars you made on the wall.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as disply or displai.

Same family: displayed, displaying, displays, exhibit, showcase. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Display” comes from Old French *despleier*, meaning “to unfold” or “to spread out,” originally related to spreading out a banner or cloth. Over time, the meaning broadened to our modern sense of showing or presenting something for others to see.

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