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show one's work

show one's work verb: to write out the individual steps that lead to an induction or deduction, especially leading to the solution to a mathematics problem.

Verb

show one's work (third-person singular simple present shows one's work, present participle showing one's work, simple past showed one's work, past participle shown one's work)

  1. To write out the individual steps that lead to an induction or deduction, especially leading to the solution to a mathematics problem.
    • The teacher dinged me for not showing my work.

Forms of show one's work

third-person singular presentshows one's work
present participleshowing one's work
pastshowed one's work
past participleshown one's work

Questions about show one's work

What does show one's work mean?
Show one's work means to write out the individual steps that lead to an induction or deduction, especially leading to the solution to a mathematics problem.
What part of speech is show one's work?
Show one's work is a verb.
What is the past tense of show one's work?
The past tense of show one's work is showed one's work.

Words near show one's work in the dictionary

  1. show one's stuff
  2. show one's teeth
  3. show one's true colors
  4. show one's true colours
  5. show one's true stripes
  6. show one's work
  7. show oneself
  8. show out
  9. show pony
  10. show ring
  11. show rings

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