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exh

exh is the abbreviation of exhibit.

exh is the abbreviation of exhibition.

Meaning of exhibit

Noun

exhibit (plural exhibits)

  1. An instance of exhibiting.
    Synonyms:
    showing
  2. That which is exhibited.
    • Mention must be made of the Valdres Folk Museum, situated just outside the town—one of those fascinating open-air museums for which Scandinavia is justly famed, to which have been transplanted a number of ancient buildings, such as farmhouses and storehouses, full of appropriate furniture, costumes...1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 460
  3. A public showing; an exhibition.
    • The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
  4. An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
    • Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.

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Meaning of exhibition

Noun

exhibition (countable and uncountable, plural exhibitions)

  1. An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
  2. A large-scale public showing of objects or products.
    • There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.
  3. A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative.
    • a shameful exhibition
  4. A demonstration of personal skill or feelings.
    • "I could not have believed," remarked Francesca, "had I not witnessed it since my residence in your country, how the reality and the affectation of feeling can exist together. Before I left our solitary home, the very exhibition of emotion would have tempted me to doubt its truth. Now, I observe...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 178
  5. (UK) A financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school or university, usually on the basis of academic merit.
    • He was a scholarship boy who had won an Exhibition to Oxford, and then, like so many others, had found himself thrown upon the slave market of pedagogy.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 352
  6. A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition.

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Questions about exh

What is exh the abbreviation of?
Exh is the abbreviation of exhibit.

Words near exh in the dictionary

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  9. exhalant
  10. exhalants
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