Meanings
verbshow 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)
present singular third person shows one's work · participle present showing one's work · past showed one's work · participle past shown one's work
- educationTo 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.
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “show one's work,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/show%20one's%20work.
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