display

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
display/dɪˈspleɪ/

▶verb

• 1 place (something) prominently so that it may readily be seen.

• 2 show (data or an image) on a computer, television, or cinema screen.

• 3 give a clear demonstration of (a quality, emotion, or skill).

• 4 (of a male animal) engage in a specialized pattern of behaviour intended to attract a mate.

▶noun

• 1 an instance of displaying or being displayed.

  ■ a show or other event staged for public entertainment.

• 2 a collection of objects being displayed.

• 3 an electronic device for the visual presentation of data.

– derivatives
displayer noun.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘unfurl, unfold’): from OFr. despleier, from L. displicare ‘scatter, disperse’ (in med. L. ‘unfold’).