noun
Meaning 1
An instance of exhibiting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
exhibit
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɛɡ-/
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General-American: /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
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General-American: /ɛɡ-/
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noun
Meaning 2
That which is exhibited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A public showing; an exhibition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
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noun
Meaning 4
An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
Examples
- Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.
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verb
Meaning 5
To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He wanted to exhibit his baseball cards.
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verb
Meaning 6
To demonstrate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The players exhibited great skill.
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verb
Meaning 7
To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: law
Examples
- I now exhibit this bloody hammer.
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verb
Meaning 8
To put on a public display.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Will you be exhibiting this year?
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verb
Meaning 9
To administer as a remedy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- to exhibit calomel
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noun
Meaning 10
something shown to the public
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the museum had many exhibits of oriental art
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: display, showing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: show
Narrower terms: parade, light show
noun
Meaning 11
an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: evidence
verb
Meaning 12
walk ostentatiously
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She parades her new husband around town
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: parade, march
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk
verb
Meaning 13
to show, make visible or apparent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month
- Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?
- National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: expose, display
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: show
Narrower terms: open, produce, bring forth, hold up, bench, moon, flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank, brandish, model, pose, sit, posture, pillory, gibbet
verb
Meaning 14
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She shows her dogs frequently
- We will demo the new software in Washington
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: show, demo, present, demonstrate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: show
Narrower terms: bring home
verb
Meaning 15
show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he exhibits a great talent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: possess
Narrower terms: phosphoresce
History
Etymology
From Latin exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibeō (“to hold forth, present, show, display”), from ex (“out of, from”) + habeō (“to have, hold”); see habit.
Across languages
Translations
191 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: пака́з (pakáz) — instance of exhibiting
- Bulgarian: пока́зване (pokázvane) — instance of exhibiting
- Dutch: vertoning — instance of exhibiting
- Esperanto: ekspozicio — instance of exhibiting
- Finnish: esittely — instance of exhibiting
- German: Ausstellung — instance of exhibiting
- Hungarian: kiállítás — instance of exhibiting
- Macedonian: изложу́вање (izložúvanje) — instance of exhibiting
- Portuguese: exibição — instance of exhibiting
- Portuguese: exposição — instance of exhibiting
- Russian: пока́з (pokáz) — instance of exhibiting
- Swedish: uppvisning — instance of exhibiting
- Swedish: förevisning — instance of exhibiting
- Tamil: காட்சி (kāṭci) — instance of exhibiting
- Telugu: ప్రదర్శనం (pradarśanaṁ) — instance of exhibiting
- Ukrainian: по́каз (pókaz) — instance of exhibiting
- Vietnamese: sự trưng bày — instance of exhibiting
- Vietnamese: sự phô bày — instance of exhibiting
- Arabic: مَعْرُوض (maʕrūḍ) — something exhibited
- Armenian: ցուցանմուշ (cʻucʻanmuš) — something exhibited
- Belarusian: экспана́т (ekspanát) — something exhibited
- Bulgarian: експона́т (eksponát) — something exhibited
- Chinese Mandarin: 展品 (zhǎnpǐn) — something exhibited
- Dutch: tentoonstellingsstuk — something exhibited
- Finnish: näyttelyesine — something exhibited
- German: Ausstellungsstück — something exhibited
- German: Exponat — something exhibited
- Greek: έκθεμα (ékthema) — something exhibited
- Japanese: 出品物 (shuppinbutsu) — something exhibited
- Japanese: 展示品 (tenjihin) — something exhibited
- Kalmyk: үзмр (üzmr) — something exhibited
- Kazakh: жәдігер (jädıger) — something exhibited
- Korean: 전시품 (jeonsipum) — something exhibited
- Macedonian: експона́т (eksponát) — something exhibited
- Norwegian Bokmål: utstilling — something exhibited
- Norwegian Nynorsk: utstilling — something exhibited
- Polish: eksponat — something exhibited
- Russian: экспона́т (eksponát) — something exhibited
- Serbo-Croatian: izložak — something exhibited
- Swedish: utställningsföremål — something exhibited
- Tamil: காட்சிப்பொருள் (kāṭcipporuḷ) — something exhibited
- Telugu: ప్రదర్శనం (pradarśanaṁ) — something exhibited
- Ukrainian: експона́т (eksponát) — something exhibited
- Vietnamese: vật trưng bày — something exhibited
- Vietnamese: vật triển lãm — something exhibited
- Belarusian: экспазі́цыя (ekspazícyja) — public showing
- Belarusian: вы́стаўка (výstawka) — public showing
- Belarusian: выста́ва (vystáva) — public showing
- Bulgarian: изло́жба (izlóžba) — public showing
- Chinese Mandarin: 展覽會 /展览会 (zhǎnlǎnhuì) — public showing
- Czech: výstava — public showing
- Danish: udstilling — public showing
- Dutch: tentoonstelling — public showing
- Dutch: expositie — public showing
- Esperanto: ekspozicio — public showing
- Finnish: esittely — public showing
- French: exposition — public showing
- German: Ausstellung — public showing
- Greek: έκθεση (ékthesi) — public showing
- Ancient Greek: ἐπίδειξις (epídeixis) — public showing
- Hungarian: kiállítás — public showing
- Indonesian: pameran — public showing
- Italian: esposizione — public showing
- Macedonian: и́зложба (ízložba) — public showing
- Russian: экспози́ция (ekspozícija) — public showing
- Russian: вы́ставка (výstavka) — public showing
- Serbo-Croatian: izložba — public showing
- Spanish: exhibición — public showing
- Swedish: utställning — public showing
- Tamil: கண்காட்சி (kaṇkāṭci) — public showing
- Tamil: காட்சி (kāṭci) — public showing
- Telugu: ప్రదర్శనం (pradarśanaṁ) — public showing
- Ukrainian: експози́ція (ekspozýcija) — public showing
- Ukrainian: ви́ставка (výstavka) — public showing
- Vietnamese: triển lãm — public showing
- Azerbaijani: maddi sübut — article as evidence in court
- Bulgarian: веще́ствено доказа́телство (veštéstveno dokazátelstvo) — article as evidence in court
- Esperanto: pruvobjekto — article as evidence in court
- Finnish: todistuskappale — article as evidence in court
- French: pièce à conviction — article as evidence in court
- German: Beweisstück — article as evidence in court
- Greek: πειστήριο (peistírio) — article as evidence in court
- Macedonian: до́казен материја́л (dókazen materijál) — article as evidence in court
- Polish: dowód rzeczowy — article as evidence in court
- Russian: веще́ственное доказа́тельство (veščéstvennoje dokazátelʹstvo) — article as evidence in court
- Russian: вещдо́к (veščdók) — article as evidence in court
- Russian: улика (ulika) — article as evidence in court
- Spanish: prueba documental — article as evidence in court
- Spanish: evidencia instrumental — article as evidence in court
- Spanish: muestra — article as evidence in court
- Spanish: caso — article as evidence in court
- Swedish: bevisföremål — article as evidence in court
- Vietnamese: tang vật — article as evidence in court
- Bulgarian: пока́звам (pokázvam) — display or show (something) for others to see
- Catalan: exhibir — display or show (something) for others to see
- Chinese Mandarin: 展覽 /展览 (zhǎnlǎn) — display or show (something) for others to see
- Danish: vise — display or show (something) for others to see
- Danish: fremvise — display or show (something) for others to see
- Danish: stille til skue — display or show (something) for others to see
- Dutch: tonen — display or show (something) for others to see
- Dutch: tentoonstellen — display or show (something) for others to see
- Esperanto: ekspozicii — display or show (something) for others to see
- Finnish: esitellä — display or show (something) for others to see
- French: exposer — display or show (something) for others to see
- German: zeigen — display or show (something) for others to see
- German: zur Schau stellen — display or show (something) for others to see
- German: ausstellen — display or show (something) for others to see
- German: vorzeigen — display or show (something) for others to see
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fauramēljan) — display or show (something) for others to see
- Greek: εκθέτω (ekthéto) — display or show (something) for others to see
- Greek: παρουσιάζω (parousiázo) — display or show (something) for others to see
- Ancient Greek: ἐπιδείκνυμι (epideíknumi) — display or show (something) for others to see
- Hungarian: kiállít — display or show (something) for others to see
- Italian: mostrare — display or show (something) for others to see
- Khmer: បង្ហាញ (bɑɑnghaañ) — display or show (something) for others to see
- Ladin: purter — display or show (something) for others to see
- Latin: ostendō — display or show (something) for others to see
- Latin: exhibeō — display or show (something) for others to see
- Latin: praestō — display or show (something) for others to see
- Macedonian: и́зложи (ízloži) — display or show (something) for others to see
- Māori: whakamātakitaki — display or show (something) for others to see
- Polish: pokazywać — display or show (something) for others to see
- Polish: pokazać — display or show (something) for others to see
- Portuguese: exibir — display or show (something) for others to see
- Romanian: expoza — display or show (something) for others to see
- Romanian: arăta — display or show (something) for others to see
- Sanskrit: दिशति (diśati) — display or show (something) for others to see
- Spanish: exhibir — display or show (something) for others to see
- Swedish: visa upp — display or show (something) for others to see
- Tagalog: itanghal — display or show (something) for others to see
- Telugu: ప్రదర్శించు (pradarśiñcu) — display or show (something) for others to see
- Turkish: göstermek — display or show (something) for others to see
- Turkish: sergilemek — display or show (something) for others to see
- Ukrainian: виставля́ти (vystavljáty) — display or show (something) for others to see
- Ukrainian: ви́ставити (výstavyty) — display or show (something) for others to see
- Ukrainian: експонува́ти (eksponuváty) — display or show (something) for others to see
- Vietnamese: trưng bày — display or show (something) for others to see
- Vietnamese: phô bày — display or show (something) for others to see
- Bulgarian: проявявам (projavjavam) — demonstrate
- Catalan: exposar — demonstrate
- Danish: vise — demonstrate
- Danish: udvise — demonstrate
- Danish: demonstrere — demonstrate
- Dutch: vertonen — demonstrate
- Dutch: tonen — demonstrate
- Finnish: osoittaa — demonstrate
- German: zeigen — demonstrate
- German: an den Tag legen — demonstrate
- Greek: παρουσιάζω (parousiázo) — demonstrate
- Greek: επιδεικνύω (epideiknýo) — demonstrate
- Italian: dimostrare — demonstrate
- Macedonian: по́каже (pókaže) — demonstrate
- Norwegian Bokmål: oppvise — demonstrate
- Norwegian Bokmål: legge for dagen — demonstrate
- Portuguese: demonstrar — demonstrate
- Spanish: exponer — demonstrate
- Swedish: visa upp — demonstrate
- Telugu: ప్రదర్శించు (pradarśiñcu) — demonstrate
- Turkish: göstermek — demonstrate
- Turkish: ortaya koymak — demonstrate
- Vietnamese: bày tỏ — demonstrate
- Vietnamese: tỏ ra — demonstrate
- Vietnamese: biểu lộ — demonstrate
- Bulgarian: представям (predstavjam) — submit to a court
- Danish: fremlægge — submit to a court
- Finnish: esittää todistuskappale — submit to a court
- German: vorlegen — submit to a court
- German: demonstrieren — submit to a court
- German: präsentieren — submit to a court
- Greek: παρουσιάζω (parousiázo) — submit to a court
- Macedonian: по́днесе (pódnese) — submit to a court
- Turkish: ibraz etmek — submit to a court
- Turkish: sunmak — submit to a court
- Vietnamese: đệ trình — submit to a court
- Vietnamese: đưa ra — submit to a court
- Bulgarian: излагам (izlagam) — display publicly
- Danish: udstille — display publicly
- Dutch: tentoonstellen — display publicly
- Finnish: esitellä — display publicly
- Finnish: asettaa näytteille — display publicly
- German: ausstellen — display publicly
- Hungarian: kiállít — display publicly
- Macedonian: и́зложи (ízloži) — display publicly
- Polish: wystawić — display publicly
- Polish: wystawiać — display publicly
- Portuguese: exibir — display publicly
- Spanish: exhibir — display publicly
- Swedish: ställa ut — display publicly
- Telugu: ప్రదర్శించు (pradarśiñcu) — display publicly
- Turkish: sergilemek — display publicly
- Vietnamese: triển lãm — display publicly
Real reading context