Dictionary Definition
exhibit
Noun
1 an object or statement produced before a court
of law and referred to while giving evidence
2 something shown to the public; "the museum had
many exhibits of oriental art" [syn: display, showing]
Verb
1 show an attribute, property, knowledge, or
skill; "he exhibits a great talent"
2 to show, make visible or apparent; "The
Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why
don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National
leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
[syn: expose, display]
3 show or demonstrate something to an interested
audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new
software in Washington" [syn: show, demo, present, demonstrate]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪbɪt
Verb
- To display or
show (something) for others
to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
- He wanted to exhibit his baseball cards.
- To demonstrate.
- The players exhibited great skill.
- To submit (a physical
object) to a court as evidence.
- I now exhibit this bloody hammer.
- To put on a public display.
- Will you be exhibiting this year?
Synonyms
- (display or show (something) for others to see): display, show, show off
- (demonstrate): demonstrate, show
- ( present for inspection)
Related terms
Translations
display or show (something) for others to see
- Dutch: tonen, tentoonstellen
- Finnish: esitellä
- German: zeigen, zur Schau stellen
- Greek: εκθέτω, παρουσιάζω
demonstrate
- Dutch: vertonen, tonen
- Finnish: osoittaa
- German: zeigen, an den Tag legen
- Greek: παρουσιάζω, επιδεικνύω
submit to a court
- Finnish: esittää todistuskappale
- Greek: παρουσιάζω
display publicly
- Dutch: tentoonstellen
- Finnish: esitellä, asettaa näytteille
- German: ausstellen
Noun
- An instance of exhibiting.
- That which is exhibited.
- A public showing; an exhibition.
- The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
- An article formally
introduced as evidence in a court.
- Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.
Synonyms
- (instance of exhibiting): showing
- (public showing): exhibition, exposition, show
Translations
instance of exhibiting
- Dutch: vertoning
- Finnish: esittely
something exhibited
- Dutch: tentoonstellingsstuk
- Finnish: näyttelyesine
- German: Ausstellungsstück , Exponat
- Greek: έκθεμα
public showing
- Dutch: tentoonstelling, expositie
- Finnish: esittely
- French: exposition
- Greek: έκθεση
- Italian: esposizione
article as evidence in court
- Finnish: todistuskappale
- German: Beweisstück
- Greek: πειστήριο
Extensive Definition
Exhibit may refer to:
- Exhibit (legal), evidence in physical form brought before the court
- Exhibit (web editing tool), a lightweight structured data publishing framework
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
advertise, affect, air, approve, argue, attest, basis for belief,
benefit, bespeak, betoken, betray, bill, blazon forth, body of
evidence, brandish,
breathe, bring forth,
bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, chain
of evidence, clue, connote, cosmorama, cyclorama, dangle, data, datum, debut, demonstrate, demonstration, denote, develop, diorama, disclose, display, disport, divulge, documentation, dramatize, emblazon, embody, enact, enactment, entertainment, evidence, evince, exemplify, exhibition, expose, expose to view, exposition, exposure, express, fact, facts, fair, farewell performance,
flash, flaunt, flesh show, flourish, furnish evidence,
georama, give indication
of, give sign, give token, go to show, grounds, grounds for belief,
highlight, hold up,
illuminate, illustrate, imply, incarnate, indicate, indication, involve, item of evidence, light
show, make clear, make plain, manifest, manifestation, mark, material grounds, materialize, mean, muniments, mute witness,
myriorama, offer, opening, ostentation, pageant, pageantry, panorama, parade, perform, performance, phantasmagoria, piece of
evidence, point to, pomp,
premiere, premises, present, presentation, presentment, proclaim, produce, production, projection, proof, psychedelic show, put
forth, put forward, reason to believe, relevant fact, represent, representation, retrospective, reveal, roll out, set forth,
shifting scene, show, show
forth, show off, show signs of, showing, sight, sign, signalize, signify, speak for itself, speak
volumes, spectacle,
sport, spotlight, stage presentation,
stage show, suggest,
swan song, symptom,
symptomatize,
tableau, tableau vivant,
tell, tend to show,
theatrical performance, token, trot out, trumpet, trumpet forth, tryout, unfold, unfolding, unfoldment, unveiling, varnishing day,
vaunt, vernissage, wave