slideshow

noun

slide·​show ˈslīd-ˌshō 

variants or slide show

plural slideshows or slide shows

1

: a presentation of photographic slides (see slide entry 2 sense 5b) projected on a surface or displayed on a screen one after another

She projected a slideshow from her mother's archive against a muslin sheet that she also drew on, putting a layered landscape in the top left corner, and then she hung a painting her mother never finished in the walk-in closet.

—Catherine Wagley

Seniors were all gathered in the auxiliary gym for lunch, where a dozen or so giant sandwiches from Subway were laid out for them along with cake as they watched a slideshow of their classmates' pictures from when they were toddlers.

—Sam Craig

2

: a collection of electronic images (as on a website) presented to be viewed one after another

Click through the attached slideshow for more information on the 15+ small businesses that will be part of the Sherman Phoenix.

—The Milwaukee Business Journal

Examples of slideshow in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At the end of the slideshow detailing this disaster date, Soriano revealed that man is now her husband, 12 years later. —Sara Belcher, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025

One resident even called in via Zoom to share a slideshow presentation against Sinton before the council voted. —Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025

Most of these lessons from sessions with animal communicators are in slideshow form set to emotionally ravaging music; all seem to capture exactly what a pet would say and how, and yet none of it is entirely predictable. —Julie Klausner, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024

However, his daughter's profile features a slideshow of a beagle, presumably her pet or a family dog. —Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined at sense 1