exhibition

[ek-suh-bish-uhn]

noun

1. an exhibiting, showing, or presenting to view.

2. a public display, as of the work of artists or artisans, the products of farms or factories, the skills of performers, or objects of general interest.

3. an exposition or large fair of extended duration, as a world's fair.

4. British.,  an allowance given to a student in a college, university, or school, usually upon the result of a competitive examination.

5. Medicine/Medical Obsolete.,  administration, as of a remedy.

exhibition

/ ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃən /

noun

1. a public display of art, products, skills, activities, etc

   a judo exhibition

2. the act of exhibiting or the state of being exhibited

3. to behave so foolishly in public that one excites notice or ridicule

4. an allowance or scholarship awarded to a student at a university or school

Other Word Forms

• nonexhibition noun
• preexhibition noun
• reexhibition noun
• self-exhibition noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of exhibition¹

1275–1325; Middle English exhibicion < Late Latin exhibitiōn- (stem of exhibitiō ) a presenting. See exhibit, -ion

Idioms and Phrases

see make an exhibition of oneself.

Example Sentences

Althouse approaches that process as if she were a curator laying out a museum exhibition.

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Now in their mid-50s, and productive for more than three decades, the duo has been the subject of exhibitions in art galleries and museums around the world.

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During UCLA’s first exhibition game, with a large lead having uncomfortably dwindled, Dent used a burst of speed to get to the rim on multiple late possessions.

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Working at a time when German academies shunned women, she forged a unique path forward—a journey recounted in this show, her first monographic New York museum exhibition.

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At his first public exhibition, in 1921, not one picture sold.

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