What does exhibit mean?
Definitions for exhibit
ɪgˈzɪb ɪtex·hib·it
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word exhibit.
Princeton's WordNet
exhibitnoun
an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence
display, exhibit, showingverb
something shown to the public
"the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"
exhibitverb
show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill
"he exhibits a great talent"
expose, exhibit, displayverb
to show, make visible or apparent
"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"
show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrateverb
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
"She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
parade, exhibit, marchverb
walk ostentatiously
"She parades her new husband around town"
Wiktionary
exhibitnoun
An instance of exhibiting.
exhibitnoun
That which is exhibited.
exhibitnoun
A public showing; an exhibition.
The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
exhibitnoun
An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.
exhibitverb
To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
He wanted to exhibit his baseball cards.
exhibitverb
To demonstrate.
The players exhibited great skill.
exhibitverb
To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
I now exhibit this bloody hammer.
exhibitverb
To put on a public display.
Will you be exhibiting this year?
Etymology: From exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibeo, from ex + habeo; see habit.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To EXHIBITverb
Etymology: exhibeo, Latin.
If any claim redress of injustice, they should exhibit their petitions in the street. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.
He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treason against the earl. Edward Hyde.
One of an unfortunate constitution is perpetually exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body. Alexander Pope.
ChatGPT
exhibit
An exhibit refers to a display or presentation of items or collections, usually in a museum, gallery, or trade fair, for public viewing. It can also refer to a document or object produced and identified in court or before an examiner for use as evidence.
Webster Dictionary
Exhibitverb
to hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery
Exhibitverb
to submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge
Exhibitverb
to administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel
Exhibitnoun
any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit
Exhibitnoun
a document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence
Etymology: [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or hold. See Habit.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Exhibit
egz-ib′it, v.t. to hold forth or present to view: to present formally or publicly.—n. (law) a document produced in court to be used as evidence: something exhibited: an article at an exhibition.—ns. Exhib′iter, Exhib′itor; Exhibi′tion, presentation to view: display: a public show, esp. of works of art, manufactures, &c.: that which is exhibited: an allowance or bounty to scholars in a university; Exhibi′tioner, one who enjoys an exhibition at a university; Exhibi′tionist.—adjs. Exhib′itive, serving for exhibition: representative; Exhib′itory, exhibiting.—Make an exhibition of one's self, to behave foolishly, exciting ridicule. [L. exhibēre, -itum—ex, out, habēre, -itum, to have.]
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'exhibit' in Verbs Frequency: #763
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of exhibit in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of exhibit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of exhibit in a Sentence
We were able to take her into the gallery after hours and show her the Matisse exhibit, which coming from a mother who's raised me in the arts, it was soothing balm, matisse was soothing balm last night.
Until now we thought that spider silk was the strongest biological material because of its super-strength and potential applications in everything from bullet-proof vests to computer electronics, but now we have discovered that limpet teeth exhibit a strength that is potentially higher.
This type of work really matters, corals selected for restoration might, for example, be more resistant to warmer ocean temperatures and bleaching, exhibit skeletal properties that are able to withstand more intense wave energy, or traits that might make them more resistant to disease or other environmental stressors.
You're like Exhibit A about why there is so much concern about this agreement.
So far we have seen no indication that the lambda variant is more aggressive, it is possible that it may exhibit higher infection rates, but we don't yet have enough reliable data to compare it to gamma or delta.
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- معر, معروضArabic
- проявявам, представям, показвам, излагам, експонат, изложба, показване, веществено доказателствоBulgarian
- zur Schau stellen, Exponat, an den Tag legen, vorlegen, Beweisstück, ausstellen, Ausstellungsstück, zeigenGerman
- έκθεση, πειστήριο, έκθεμα, εκθέτω, επιδεικνύω, παρουσιάζωGreek
- exhibir, prueba documental, exposición, prueba instrumental, exponerSpanish
- اثر نمایشیPersian
- asettaa näytteille, todistuskappale, esitellä, näyttelyesine, esittely, osoittaaFinnish
- exposition, exposerFrench
- mostrare, esposizione, dimostrareItalian
- 出品物Japanese
- exhibitLatin
- tentoonstellingsstuk, tentoonstellen, tentoonstelling, vertoning, expositie, tonen, vertonenDutch
- wystawiać, pokazywać, wystawić, pokazaćPolish
- exibirPortuguese
- выставка, показ, экспозиция, вещественное доказательство, экспонатRussian
- ప్రదర్శించు, ప్రదర్శనంTelugu
- จัดแสดงThai
- sunmak, ibraz etmek, sergilemek, ortaya koymak, göstermekTurkish
- نمائشUrdu
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