exhibit

[ ig-zib-it ]

/ ɪgˈzɪb ɪt /

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verb (used with object)

to offer or expose to view; present for inspection: to exhibit the latest models of cars.

to manifest or display: to exhibit anger; to exhibit interest.

to place on show: to exhibit paintings.

to make manifest; explain.

Law. to submit (a document, object, etc.) in evidence in a court of law.

Medicine/Medical Obsolete. to administer (something) as a remedy.

verb (used without object)

to make or give an exhibition; present something to public view.

noun

an act or instance of exhibiting; exhibition.

something that is exhibited.

an object or a collection of objects shown in an exhibition, fair, etc.

Law. a document or object exhibited in court and referred to and identified in written evidence.

Nearby words

exhaustion, exhaustion psychosis, exhaustive, exhaustless, exhedra, exhibit, exhibition, exhibition game, exhibition killing, exhibitioner, exhibitionism

Origin of exhibit

1400–50; late Middle English exhibiten to show < Latin exhibitus (past participle of exhibēre), equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + -hib- (combining form of habēre to have) + -itus -ite²

SYNONYMS FOR exhibit

1 show, demonstrate.

2 evince, disclose, betray, show, reveal.

8 showing, show, display.

10 display.

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ANTONYMS FOR exhibit

2 conceal.

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Related forms

ex·hib·it·a·ble, adjectiveex·hib·i·tor, ex·hib·it·er, ex·hib·it·ant, nounpre·ex·hib·it, noun, verb (used with object)re·ex·hib·it, verb (used with object)

self-ex·hib·it·ed, adjectiveun·ex·hib·it·a·ble, adjectiveun·ex·hib·it·ed, adjectivewell-ex·hib·it·ed, adjective

Synonym study

1. See display. 9, 11. See evidence.

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Examples from the Web for exhibited

The astronomers found that of the 93 quasars in the sample, 19 exhibited a measurable amount of polarization.
The Black Hole Tango|Matthew R. Francis|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Was the control you exhibited over the band, writing almost all the songs and “directing things,” a part of it?
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His costumes were exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution and St. Louis Museum of Art, among other high-end venues.
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Some artifacts still smelled of tear gas and had to be exhibited outside.
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It is exhibited at the Tate along with the mass of preparatory material he used to create it.
All Hail Richard Hamilton, the Father of British Pop Art|Chloë Ashby|February 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The same moderation was exhibited by the tribunal of Toledo, in a curious case, in 1659.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4|Henry Charles Lea
In the accompanying diagram (Fig. 2) the variations are exhibited by means of lines of varying length.
Darwinism (1889)|Alfred Russel Wallace
Throughout the movement this man has exhibited daring and intelligence, and his capture is much desired.
The Insurrection in Paris|An Englishman: Davy
You wondered tonight why that juggler should have exhibited feats seldom, almost never, shown to Europeans?
Rujub, the Juggler|G. A. Henty
If my views are erroneous, as exhibited in these lectures, I cannot plead that they have been hastily adopted.
The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences|Edward Hitchcock

British Dictionary definitions for exhibited

exhibit

/ (ɪɡˈzɪbɪt) /

verb (mainly tr)

(also intr) to display (something) to the public for interest or instructionthis artist exhibits all over the world

to manifest; display; showthe child exhibited signs of distress

law to produce (a document or object) in court to serve as evidence

noun

an object or collection exhibited to the public

law a document or object produced in court and referred to or identified by a witness in giving evidence

Derived Forms

exhibitory, adjective

Word Origin for exhibit

C15: from Latin exhibēre to hold forth, from habēre to have

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