exhibit

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English

Etymology

From Latin exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibeō (“I hold forth, present, show, display”), from ex (“out of, from”) + habeō (“I have, hold”); see habit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/, /ɛɡ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/, /ɛɡ-/
• Rhymes: -ɪbɪt
• Hyphenation: ex‧hib‧it

Verb

exhibit (third-person singular simple present exhibits, present participle exhibiting, simple past and past participle exhibited)

1. (transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
2. (transitive) To demonstrate.
3. (transitive, law) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.

4. (intransitive) To put on a public display.

5. (medicine) To administer as a remedy.

Synonyms

• (display or show (something) for others to see): display, show, show off
• (demonstrate): demonstrate, show
• (present for inspection):

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Noun

exhibit (plural exhibits)

1. An instance of exhibiting.
2. That which is exhibited.
3. A public showing; an exhibition.

4. (law) An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.

Synonyms

• (instance of exhibiting): showing
• (public showing): exhibition, exposition, show

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Further reading

• “exhibit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “exhibit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əɡ.ziˈβit]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əɡ.ziˈbit]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɡ.ziˈbit]
• Rhymes: -it

Participle

exhibit (feminine exhibida, masculine plural exhibits, feminine plural exhibides)

1. past participle of exhibir