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exhibit
- /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/ UK
- /ɛɡ-/ UK
- /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/ US
- /ɛɡ-/ US
Rhymes with -ɪbɪt
Where it comes from
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.
verb exhibits · exhibiting · exhibited
- To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest. He wanted to exhibit his baseball cards.
- To demonstrate. The players exhibited great skill.
- To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence. I now exhibit this bloody hammer.
- To put on a public display. Will you be exhibiting this year?
- To administer as a remedy. to exhibit calomel
noun exhibits
- An instance of exhibiting.
- That which is exhibited. Mention must be made of the Valdres Folk Museum, situated just outside the town—one of those fascinating open-air museums for which Scandinavia is justly famed, to which have been transplanted a number of ancient buildings, such as farmhouses and storehouses, full of appropriate furniture, costumes
- A public showing; an exhibition. The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
- An article formally introduced as evidence in a court. Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.
