exhibit

 
Pronunciation: /ɪgˈzɪbɪt, ɛg-/

verb

[with object]
  • 1publicly 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
  • [no object] (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
  • publicly display the work of (an artist) in an art gallery or museum: no foreign painters were exhibited
  • 2manifest clearly (a quality or a type of behaviour): he could exhibit a saintlike submissiveness
  • show as a sign or symptom: patients with alcoholic liver disease exhibit many biochemical abnormalities

noun

  • 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
  • North American an exhibition: people flocked to the exhibit in record-breaking numbers
  • Law a document or other object produced in a court as evidence: many exhibits, including the cockpit voice recordings, will be produced in court

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'

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