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road show

1
or DzsǷ

noun

  1. a show, such as a play or musical comedy, performed by a touring group of actors.
  2. an important motion picture, usually presented only twice daily on a reserved-seat basis and at increased prices.
  3. any traveling exhibit, such as one promoting a company's products or a government program.
  4. Informal. any group traveling around the country for a specific purpose, such as a political candidate together with an entourage.


road-show

2

[ rohd-shoh ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to road shows.

verb (used with object)

road-showed, road-showing.
  1. to present as a road show.

road show

noun

    1. a radio show broadcast live from one of a number of towns or venues being visited by a disc jockey who is touring an area
    2. the touring disc jockey and the personnel and equipment needed to present such a show

      the Radio 1 road show will be in Brighton next week

  1. a group of entertainers, esp pop musicians, on tour
  2. any occasion when an organization attracts publicity while touring or visiting

    an antiques road show

    a royal road show

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of road show1

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Origin of road show2

First recorded in 1870–80
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Idioms and Phrases

A tour made for a particular purpose, especially a political campaign. For example, It was primary season, and every would-be candidate was planning a road show . This term originated about 1900 for touring theatrical productions and in the mid-1900s began to be transferred to other endeavors.
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Example Sentences

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She hopes to organise a "quantum road show" as a first step in introducing schoolchildren to quantum science at a much earlier age that she was.

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They will also perform at San Francisco’s Oracle Park on May 29 and will play St. Louis’ Dome at America’s Center on June 4 on the 19-stop road show.

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Linkin Park is expanding its comeback tour, taking their From Zero road show across the globe.

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Gilmour’s tour behind “Luck and Strange” — his first studio album and his first road show in nearly a decade — is limited in terms of its itinerary, with dates in only four cities.

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There is more than one reason for the Lakers preseason road show, but that doesn’t make it a great way to prepare.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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