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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.
EXPANDLaw. to submit (a document, object, etc.) in evidence in a court of law.
verb (used without object)
7.
to make or give an exhibition; present something to public view.
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Exhibit
is always a great word to know.
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| an instrument, issued by a magistrate, authorizing an officer to make an arrest, seize property, make a search, or carry a judgment into execution |
| reasonable ground for a belief, as that the accused was guilty of the crime, used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution |
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
EXPANDSynonyms
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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Example Sentences
- Inside an atom, there are protons and neutrons, which exhibit different characteristics.
- People can exhibit different types of selves in different environments.
- The exhibit was partially supported by a $15000 grant from the endowment.
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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.
EXPANDexhibit
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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