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exhibition

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ex⋅hi⋅bi⋅tion

  [ek-suh-bish-uhn]
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–noun
1. an exhibiting, showing, or presenting to view.
2. a public display, as of the work of artists or artisans, the products of farms or factories, the skills of performers, or objects of general interest.
3. an exposition or large fair of extended duration, as a world's fair.
4. British. an allowance given to a student in a college, university, or school, usually upon the result of a competitive examination.
5. Medicine/Medical Obsolete. administration, as of a remedy.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME exhibicion < LL exhibitiōn- (s. of exhibitiō) a presenting. See exhibit, -ion
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ex·hi·bi·tion   (ěk'sə-bĭsh'ən)   
n.  

  1. The act or an instance of exhibiting.

  2. Something exhibited; an exhibit.

  3. A large-scale public showing, as of art objects or industrial or agricultural products.

  4. Chiefly British A grant given to a scholar by a school or university.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

exhibition 
1432, from O.Fr. exhibicion, from L. exhibitionem (nom. exhibitio), from exhibere "to show, display," lit. "to hold out," from ex- "out" + habere "to hold" (see habit). Exhibit (v.) is from 1490. The noun meaning "document or object produced as evidence in court" is from 1626; transf. use of exhibit A "important piece of evidence" is 1906. Exhibitionist, exhibitionism is 1893, in Craddock's transl. of Krafft-Ebing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

exhibition

see make an exhibition of oneself.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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