showdown
US/ˈʃoʊˌdaʊn/
showdown noun: the final battle between two opponents, in which there can be only one victor.
Noun
showdown (countable and uncountable, plural showdowns)
- The final battle between two opponents, in which there can be only one victor.
- David cut his teeth on international politics in his showdown with Goliath, a battle fit for the ages.2013 March 25, Dr. Paul H. Wright, chapter 8, in Rose Then and Now® Bible Map Atlas: With Biblical Backgrounds and Culture, Rose Publishing, →ISBN, page 51
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored on his first start since recovering from malaria as Arsenal prepared for their Europa League showdown against Villarreal with a confidence-boosting win away to Newcastle at St James' Park.2021 May 2, Mantej Mann, “Newcastle United 0-2 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport
- The final round in a poker match, where all of the remaining players' cards have to be put down on the table and shown.
showdown meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
showdown in Hindi
- शोडाउन
showdown in Tamil
- மோதல், சண்டை, பட்டாங்கான சச்சரவு, திட்ட வெளிப்படைத் தெரிவிப்பு
showdown in Marathi
- शोडाउन
showdown in Urdu
- آمنا سامنا, باہمی ٹکراؤ
More languagesFewer languages
- showdown in Bengali
- শোডাউন
- showdown in Malayalam
- അവസാനത്തെ പ്രയോഗം, അറ്റകെെ, അഭിമുഖീകരണം, സമ്മുഖീകരണം
- showdown in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ੋਅਡਾਉਨ
- showdown in Gujarati
- શોડાઉન
- showdown in Nepali
- शोडाउन
Examples of showdown in a sentence
- There are seven players on the table. Five folded, the remaining two played heads-up until the showdown.
- Cooke and Eve Best deliver a verbal showdown that’s twice as thrilling as the Kingsguard swordfight.
- Surprisingly, Greenfield did not meet his Waterloo in this showdown with his competitors.
Forms of showdown
| plural | showdowns |
|---|---|
| alternative form | show-down |
Origin of showdown
From show + down.
Words formed from showdown
Questions about showdown
- What does showdown mean?
- Showdown means the final battle between two opponents, in which there can be only one victor.
- What is showdown in Hindi?
- Showdown in Hindi is शोडाउन. See Showdown meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is showdown?
- Showdown is a noun.
- How do you pronounce showdown?
- Showdown is pronounced /ˈʃoʊˌdaʊn/ (US).
- What is the plural of showdown?
- The plural of showdown is showdowns.
Words near showdown in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: showdown (page history and authors); showdown (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); showdown (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); showdown (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); showdown (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); showdown (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); showdown (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); showdown (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); showdown (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); showdown (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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