exhibition

/ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/

exhibition noun: an instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.

Noun

exhibition (countable and uncountable, plural exhibitions)

An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
A large-scale public showing of objects or products.
- There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.
- a boat exhibition
A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative.
- a shameful exhibition
- a disgusting exhibition
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
(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
- Despite a couple of rustications, he gained an exhibition to Cambridge.2016 November, Jonathan Meades, “Inside Job”, in Literary Review
A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition.

Verb

exhibition (third-person singular simple present exhibitions, present participle exhibitioning, simple past and past participle exhibitioned)

(intransitive) To participate in sexual exhibitionism.

exhibition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

exhibition in Hindi

instance of exhibiting: प्रदर्शन pradarśan
large scale public showing of objects or products: प्रदर्शनी pradarśanī, नुमाइश numāiś

exhibition in Tamil

instance of exhibiting: காட்சி kāṭci
large scale public showing of objects or products: கண்காட்சி kaṇkāṭci, பொருட்காட்சி poruṭkāṭci

exhibition in Marathi

प्रदर्शन

exhibition in Urdu

large scale public showing of objects or products: نُمائِش numāiś

More languagesFewer languages

exhibition in Bengali: প্রদর্শনী prodorśoni
exhibition in Telugu: వస్తుప్రదర్శనము vastupradarśanamu
exhibition in Malayalam: പൊതുപ്രദർശനം, പ്രദർശിപ്പിക്കൽ, പ്രകടനം
exhibition in Kannada: ಕಾಣ್ಪು, ಸೂಸಿಕೆ
exhibition in Punjabi: ਨੁਮਾਇਸ਼ numāiśa
exhibition in Gujarati: પ્રદર્શન
exhibition in Odia: ପ୍ରସାର prasāra, ଦୃଶ୍ୟ druśya
exhibition in Nepali: प्रदर्शनी
exhibition in Pashto: نندارتون nandārtun, نمايشګاه namāyešgā
exhibition in Tagalog: tanghalan, eksibisyon
exhibition in Arabic: مَعْرِض maʕriḍ
exhibition in Malay: pameran
exhibition in Indonesian: pameran
exhibition in Thai: นิทรรศการ ní-tát-sà-gaan
exhibition in Vietnamese: triển lãm
exhibition in Myanmar: ပြပွဲ pra.pwai:

Examples of exhibition in a sentence

Well I made some exhibition, I lost my will to eat / The only thing that matters to me is to touch your lotus feet2002, George Harrison, “Stuck Inside a Cloud”, in Brainwashed:
Before I left our solitary home, the very exhibition of emotion would have tempted me to doubt its truth.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry...

All 40 example sentences with exhibition

Forms of exhibition

Noun
plural	exhibitions
Verb
third-person singular present	exhibitions
present participle	exhibitioning
past participle	exhibitioned
past	exhibitioned

Plural of exhibition: exhibitions

Origin of exhibition

From Old French exhibicion. Equivalent to exhibit + -ion.

Words formed from exhibition

Phrases with exhibition

Words that rhyme with exhibition

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Questions about exhibition

What does exhibition mean?: Exhibition means an instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
What is exhibition in Hindi?: Exhibition in Hindi is प्रदर्शन (pradarśan), प्रदर्शनी (pradarśanī), नुमाइश (numāiś). See Exhibition meaning in Hindi.
How do you use exhibition in a sentence?: Well I made some exhibition, I lost my will to eat / The only thing that matters to me is to touch your lotus feet
What part of speech is exhibition?: Exhibition can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce exhibition?: Exhibition is pronounced /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/.
What is the plural of exhibition?: The plural of exhibition is exhibitions.

Words near exhibition in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: exhibition (page history and authors); exhibition (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); వస్తుప్రదర్శనము (Telugu) (page history and authors); exhibition (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exhibition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨੁਮਾਇਸ਼ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); exhibition (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଦୃଶ୍ୟ (Odia) (page history and authors); exhibition (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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