Standard Lemma guide

exhibition

noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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Pronunciation

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  • /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/
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  • rhymes with -ɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: EH2 K S AH0 B IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A large-scale public showing of objects or products.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.
  • a boat exhibition

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • a shameful exhibition
  • a disgusting exhibition

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A demonstration of personal skill or feelings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school or university, usually on the basis of academic merit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To participate in sexual exhibitionism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the act of exhibiting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a remarkable exhibition of musicianship

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: presentation, presentment, demonstration

Narrower terms: production, rodeo

9

noun

Meaning 9

a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exposition, expo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

Narrower terms: art exhibition, peepshow, raree-show, fair

History

Etymology

From Old French exhibicion. Equivalent to exhibit + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ցուցահանդես (cʻucʻahandes) — instance of exhibiting
  • Bashkir: күрһәтеү (kürhətew) — instance of exhibiting
  • Belarusian: пака́з (pakáz) — instance of exhibiting
  • Bulgarian: пока́зване (pokázvane) — instance of exhibiting
  • Czech: výstava — instance of exhibiting
  • Danish: udstilling — instance of exhibiting
  • Finnish: näyttely — instance of exhibiting
  • Finnish: näytös — instance of exhibiting
  • Galician: exhibición — instance of exhibiting
  • Georgian: ჩვენება (čveneba) — instance of exhibiting
  • Georgian: გამომჟღავნება (gamomžɣavneba) — instance of exhibiting
  • Georgian: გამოჩენა (gamočena) — instance of exhibiting
  • Georgian: დანახვება (danaxveba) — instance of exhibiting
  • Georgian: გამოვლენა (gamovlena) — instance of exhibiting
  • German: Ausstellung — instance of exhibiting
  • Greek: παρουσίαση (parousíasi) — instance of exhibiting
  • Greek: επίδειξη (epídeixi) — instance of exhibiting
  • Ancient Greek: ἐπίδειξις (epídeixis) — instance of exhibiting
  • Hindi: प्रदर्शन (pradarśan) — instance of exhibiting
  • Hungarian: kiállítás — instance of exhibiting
  • Irish: taispeántas — instance of exhibiting
  • Japanese: 展示物 (tenjibutsu) — instance of exhibiting
  • Korean: 전시 (jeonsi) — instance of exhibiting
  • Māori: whakakitenga — instance of exhibiting
  • Dari: نَمَایِش (namāyiš) — instance of exhibiting
  • Iranian Persian: نَمایِش (namâyeš) — instance of exhibiting
  • Portuguese: exibição — instance of exhibiting
  • Portuguese: exposição — instance of exhibiting
  • Romanian: exhibiție — instance of exhibiting
  • Russian: пока́з (pokáz) — instance of exhibiting
  • Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh — instance of exhibiting
  • Spanish: exhibición — instance of exhibiting
  • Swedish: utställning — instance of exhibiting
  • Swedish: visning — instance of exhibiting
  • Tagalog: tanghalan — instance of exhibiting
  • Tamil: காட்சி (kāṭci) — instance of exhibiting
  • Ottoman Turkish: اویون (oyun) — instance of exhibiting
  • Ukrainian: по́каз (pókaz) — instance of exhibiting
  • Albanian: ekspozitë — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Arabic: مَعْرِض (maʕriḍ) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Armenian: ցուցահանդես (cʻucʻahandes) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Azerbaijani: sərgi — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Bashkir: күргәҙмә (kürgəźmə) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Belarusian: вы́стаўка (výstawka) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Belarusian: выста́ва (vystáva) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Belarusian: экспазі́цыя (ekspazícyja) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Bengali: প্রদর্শনী (prodorśoni) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Bulgarian: изло́жба (izlóžba) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Bulgarian: експози́ция (ekspozícija) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Burmese: ပြပွဲ (pra.pwai:) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Catalan: exposició — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Chinese Cantonese: 展覽會 /展览会 — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Chinese Cantonese: 展示會 /展示会 — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Chinese Mandarin: 展覽會 /展览会 (zhǎnlǎnhuì) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Chinese Mandarin: 展示會 /展示会 (zhǎnshìhuì) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Crimean Tatar: sergi — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Czech: výstava — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Danish: udstilling — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Dutch: tentoonstelling — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Esperanto: ekspozicio — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Estonian: näitus — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Finnish: näyttely — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • French: exposition — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Galician: exposición — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Georgian: გამოფენა (gamopena) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Georgian: ჩვენება (čveneba) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • German: Ausstellung — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Greek: έκθεση (ékthesi) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Ancient Greek: ἐπίδειξις (epídeixis) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Hebrew: תַּעֲרוּכָה (ta'arukhá) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Hindi: प्रदर्शनी (pradarśanī) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Hindi: नुमाइश (numāiś) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Hungarian: kiállítás — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Icelandic: sýning — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Indonesian: pameran — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Irish: taispeántas — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Italian: mostra — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Italian: esposizione — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Japanese: 展覧会 (tenrankai) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Japanese: 展示会 (tenjikai) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Kazakh: көрме (körme) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Khmer: ពិព័រណ៍ (pipɔə) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Korean: 전람회 (jeollamhoe) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Korean: 전시회 (jeonsihoe) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Northern Kurdish: temaşegeh — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Kyrgyz: көргөзмө (körgözmö) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Lao: ນິທັດສະນາການ (ni that sa nā kān) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Latvian: izstāde — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Lithuanian: paroda — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Macedonian: изложба (izložba) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Malay: pameran — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Maltese: wirja — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Maltese: espożizzjoni — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Mongolian: үзэсгэлэн (üzesgelen) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utstilling — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Occitan: exposicion — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Pashto: نندارتون (nandārtun) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Pashto: نمايشګاه (namāyešgā) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Dari: نَمَایِشْگَاه (namāyišgāh) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Dari: نَمَایِش (namāyiš) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Iranian Persian: نَمایِشْگاه (namâyešgâh) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Iranian Persian: نَمایِش (namâyeš) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Polish: wystawa — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Polish: ekspozycja — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Portuguese: exibição — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Portuguese: mostra — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Romanian: expoziție — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Russian: вы́ставка (výstavka) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Russian: экспози́ция (ekspozícija) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Scottish Gaelic: taisbeanadh — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝзложба — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìzložba — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Slovak: výstava — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Slovene: razstava — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Spanish: exposición — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Swedish: utställning — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Swedish: visning — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Tagalog: eksibisyon — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Tajik: намоишгоҳ (namoyišgoh) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Tajik: виставка (vistavka) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Tamil: கண்காட்சி (kaṇkāṭci) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Tamil: பொருட்காட்சி (poruṭkāṭci) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Tatar: күргәзмә (kürgäzmä) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Thai: นิทรรศการ (ní-tát-sà-gaan) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Turkish: sergi — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Ottoman Turkish: سركی (sergi) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Ottoman Turkish: نمایش (nümayiş) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Turkmen: sergi — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Ukrainian: ви́ставка (výstavka) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Ukrainian: експози́ція (ekspozýcija) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Urdu: نُمائِش (numāiś) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Uyghur: كۆرگەزمە (körgezme) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Uzbek: koʻrgazma — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Uzbek: vystavka — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Vietnamese: triển lãm — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Welsh: arddangosfa — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Yiddish: ויסשטעלונג (oysshtelung) — large scale public showing of objects or products
  • Bulgarian: стипе́ндия (stipéndija) — financial award to a student
  • Finnish: stipendi — financial award to a student
  • Galician: bolsa de estudos — financial award to a student
  • Greek: υποτροφία (ypotrofía) — financial award to a student
  • Korean: 장학금 (janghakgeum) — financial award to a student
  • Māori: whakakitenga — financial award to a student
  • Portuguese: bolsa de estudos — financial award to a student
  • Russian: стипе́ндия (stipéndija) — financial award to a student
  • Spanish: beca — financial award to a student
Real reading context

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