exhibit
Use Exhibit in a sentence
ɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to offer or expose to view; present for inspection: to exhibit the latest models of cars.
2.
to manifest or display: to exhibit anger; to exhibit interest.
3.
to place on show: to exhibit paintings.
4.
to make manifest; explain.
5.
Law. to submit (a document, object, etc.) in evidence in a court of law.
6.
Medicine/Medical Obsolete. to administer (something) as a remedy.
verb (used without object)
7.
to make or give an exhibition; present something to public view.
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noun
8.
an act or instance of exhibiting; exhibition.
9.
something that is exhibited.
10.
an object or a collection of objects shown in an exhibition, fair, etc.
11.
Law. a document or object exhibited in court and referred to and identified in written evidence.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English exhibiten to show < Latin exhibitus (past participle of exhibēre), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + -hib- (combining form of habēre to have) + -itus -ite2
1400–50; late Middle English exhibiten to show < Latin exhibitus (past participle of exhibēre), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + -hib- (combining form of habēre to have) + -itus -ite2
Related forms
ex·hib·it·a·ble, adjective
ex·hib·i·tor, ex·hib·it·er, ex·hib·it·ant, noun
pre·ex·hib·it, noun, verb (used with object)
re·ex·hib·it, verb (used with object)
self-ex·hib·it·ed, adjective
Synonyms
1. show, demonstrate. See display. 2. evince, disclose, betray, show, reveal. 8. showing, show, display. 9, 11. See evidence. 10. display.
1. show, demonstrate. See display. 2. evince, disclose, betray, show, reveal. 8. showing, show, display. 9, 11. See evidence. 10. display.
Antonyms
2. conceal.
2. conceal.
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exhibit (ɪɡˈzɪbɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (also intr) to display (something) to the public for interest or instruction: this artist exhibits all over the world |
| 2. | to manifest; display; show: the child exhibited signs of distress |
| 3. | law to produce (a document or object) in court to serve as evidence |
| —n | |
| 4. | an object or collection exhibited to the public |
| 5. | law a document or object produced in court and referred to or identified by a witness in giving evidence |
| [C15: from Latin exhibēre to hold forth, from habēre to have] | |
| ex'hibitory | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
exhibit
mid-15c., from L. exhibit-, pp. stem of exhibere (see exhibition). The noun is recorded from 1620s, from L. exhibitum, neut. pp. of exhibere Related: Exhibited; exhibiting.
exhibit
1620s, "document or object produced as evidence in court," from L. exhibitum, neut. pp. of exhibere (see exhibition). Transf. use of exhibit A "important piece of evidence" is 1906.
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Example sentences
View hundreds of flowers in a breathtaking indoor exhibit.
The quilters' artful bras will go on exhibit throughout the state and then be sold off at auction this fall.
Those materials exhibit phenomena that are simple to describe yet cannot be explained by any known metal physics.
His two books, written in close succession, exhibit a consistent idea and may be viewed together.
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