exhibit
Syllables: ex·hib·itUK/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt//ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
exhibit verb: to display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
Verb
exhibit (third-person singular simple present exhibits, present participle exhibiting, simple past and past participle exhibited)
- To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
- He wanted to exhibit his baseball cards.
- Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- To demonstrate.
- The players exhibited great skill.
- And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- demonstrate, show
- 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?
- To administer as a remedy.
- to exhibit calomel
Noun
exhibit (plural exhibits)
- An instance of exhibiting.
- Synonyms:
- showing
- 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
- A public showing; an exhibition.
- The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
- Synonyms:
- exhibition, exposition, show
- An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
- Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.
exhibit meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
exhibit in Tamil
- instance of exhibiting
- காட்சி kāṭci
- something exhibited
- காட்சிப்பொருள் kāṭcipporuḷ
- public showing
- கண்காட்சி kaṇkāṭci, காட்சி kāṭci
exhibit in Urdu
- دکھانا, نکالنا, نمائش کرنا
exhibit in Bengali
- প্রদর্শক, প্রদর্শিত বস্তু, প্রদর্শনীতে প্রদর্শিত বস্তু, নমুনা, দেখান, প্রদর্শন করা
exhibit in Telugu
- display or show (something) for others to see
- ప్రదర్శించు pradarśiñcu
- demonstrate
- ప్రదర్శించు pradarśiñcu
- display publicly
- ప్రదర్శించు pradarśiñcu
- instance of exhibiting
- ప్రదర్శనం pradarśanaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- exhibit in Malayalam
- പരസ്യമായി കാണിക്കുക, പ്രദർശിപ്പിക്കുക, കാട്ടുക
- exhibit in Kannada
- ಕಾಣ್ಪು, ಸೂಸಿಕೆ, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನಕ್ಕಿಟ್ಟ ವಸ್ತು, ಸಾಕ್ಷ್ಯವಸ್ತು
- exhibit in Odia
- ଦେଖାଇବା dekhāibā
- exhibit in Sanskrit
- दिशति diśati
- exhibit in Tagalog
- itanghal
- exhibit in Arabic
- مَعْرُوض maʕrūḍ
- exhibit in Indonesian
- pameran
- exhibit in Vietnamese
- trưng bày, phô bày, triển lãm, bày tỏ
Examples of exhibit in a sentence
- The swimmer who is an expert does not exhibit his muscular force by violent movements, but exhibits some power which is invisible and which shows itself in perfect grace and reposefulness.1918, Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism, London: Macmillan, page 128:
- A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots.2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press...
- “Care will be taken to only remove the animals exhibiting these unusual behaviors.”2021 September 27, Amanda Holpuch, “River otter attacks baffle authorities in Anchorage, Alaska”, in The Guardian:
Synonyms of exhibit
Forms of exhibit
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | exhibits |
| present participle | exhibiting |
| past participle | exhibited |
| past | exhibited |
| Noun | |
| plural | exhibits |
Origin of exhibit
From Latin exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibeō (“to hold forth, present, show, display”), from ex (“out of, from”) + habeō (“to have, hold”); see habit.
Words formed from exhibit
Words that rhyme with exhibit
Questions about exhibit
- What does exhibit mean?
- Exhibit means to display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
- What is exhibit in Tamil?
- Exhibit in Tamil is காட்சி (kāṭci), காட்சிப்பொருள் (kāṭcipporuḷ), கண்காட்சி (kaṇkāṭci). See Exhibit meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use exhibit in a sentence?
- The swimmer who is an expert does not exhibit his muscular force by violent movements, but exhibits some power which is invisible and which shows itself in perfect grace and reposefulness.
- What part of speech is exhibit?
- Exhibit can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce exhibit?
- Exhibit is pronounced /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of exhibit?
- The past tense of exhibit is exhibited.
Words near exhibit in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: exhibit (page history and authors); exhibit (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exhibit (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exhibit (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exhibit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଦେଖାଇବା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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