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

The slideshow ended with her being cuddled and kissed by the music producer, 36, who was recently named a contender for PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive 2024. —Angel Saunders, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024

Start slideshow: 10 Oversold Dividend Stocks » But making Johnson & Johnson an even more interesting and timely stock to look at, is the fact that in trading on Friday, shares of JNJ entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $148.95 per share. —Dividend Channel, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024

Memory movie creation Create custom photo slideshows using natural language prompts. —Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2024

Included in the Instagram slideshow were more snapshots from their dinner out at celeb sushi hotspot Nobu on the Vegas Strip. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined at sense 1