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   exhibit

   /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/

   verb

   • 1. publicly display (a work of art or item of interest) in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair: "only one sculpture was exhibited in the artist's lifetime"
   • ▪ (of an artist) display one's work to the public in an art gallery or museum: "she was invited to exhibit at several French museums" Similar put on displayput on showdisplayshowshow to the publicput on public viewpresentunveilmodelparadeshowcaseset outlay outarrayarrangehang
   • ▪ publicly display the work of (an artist) in an art gallery or museum: "no foreign painters were exhibited"
   • 2. manifest clearly (a quality or a type of behaviour): "he could exhibit a saintlike submissiveness" Similar showrevealdisplaymanifestevincebetraygive awaydiscloseexpressindicatedemonstratepresentmake clearmake plainevidenceparadeflauntOpposite concealhide
   • ▪ show as a sign or symptom: "patients with alcoholic liver disease exhibit many biochemical abnormalities"

   noun

   • 1. an object or collection of objects on public display in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair: "the museum is rich in exhibits" Similar object on displayitempiece
   • ▪ an exhibition: "people flocked to the exhibit in record-breaking numbers" Similar exhibition(public) displayshowshowingpresentationdemonstrationshowcasemountingspectacleretrospectivebiennaleexpositionexpofairtrade fairworld fairinformal:demo
   • ▪ a document or other object produced in a court as evidence: "many exhibits, including the cockpit voice recordings, will be produced in court"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘submit for consideration’, also ‘present a document as evidence in court’): from Latin exhibit- ‘held out’, from the verb exhibere, from ex- ‘out’ + habere ‘hold’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. exhibitory adjective

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