slideshow

or slide show

[ slahyd-shoh ]

/ ˈslaɪdˌʃoʊ /

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noun

a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.

a presentation of digital images, sometimes with text, viewed in progression on a screen.

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Origin of slideshow

First recorded in 1955–60; slide + show

Words nearby slideshow

Slide Mountain, slide over, slider, slide rest, slide rule, slideshow, slide trombone, slide valve, slideway, sliding, sliding fit

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How to use slideshow in a sentence

The LinkedIn Stories feature is a format that allows you to display and share specific content with your audience through an image slideshow or 20-second that is available for 24 hours before it is automatically gone.
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The video or the image slideshow disappears after a full day since it was posted.
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The slideshow may be triggering for parents of school-aged children.
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Instead of rows and squares, apps can now be replaced by adjustable widgets showing you the weather forecast, a preview of that podcast you’re listening to, a photo slideshow, or a list of your most frequently used apps for easy access.
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You can easily control the speed of the slideshow, adjust or delete photos, or browse the gallery using the touch-screen.
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Much like Cosmo itself, the slideshow is pretty to look at but lacking in substance and utility.
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The slideshow is all surface, all for show, bearing little resemblance to the sex that actual lesbians have.
I Tried Cosmo’s Lesbian Sex Tips and They Were Terrible|Samantha Allen|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He put his pictures into a slideshow for a video memorial to play at the funeral.
Parents of Stillborn Babies Post Hundreds of Memorials to YouTube|Brandy Zadrozny|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The site once went to great lengths to ignore Kardashian entirely, even cropping her out from a Met Gala best-dressed slideshow.
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There are no women on the grisly slideshow of dead men that is replayed in melancholy slow motion every time a relative arrives.
The Story Behind this Graphic Syrian Photo|Justin Green|March 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for slideshow

slide show

noun

a display of photographic transparencies using a slide projector

any display in the form of a series of static images, such as on a computer screen

adjective

(prenominal) presented as a series of static imagesslide-show presentation

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