exhibit

[ig-zib-it]

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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.

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

Related formsex·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

Synonyms for exhibit

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1. show, demonstrate. 2. evince, disclose, betray, show, reveal. 8. showing, show, display. 10. display.

Synonym study

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

Antonyms for exhibit

2. conceal.

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Related Words for exhibiting

reveal, show, express, feature, manifest, indicate, evince, flaunt, demonstrate, advertise, display, illustrate, disclose, disport, parade, offer, expose, flash, proclaim, evidence

Examples from the Web for exhibiting

Contemporary Examples of exhibiting

Now a third nurse who also worked with the same Ebola patients who infected Romero is exhibiting the same low-grade fever.
Ebola in Europe: What Went Wrong
Barbie Latza Nadeau
October 8, 2014
The patients will be not quite dead, but not exactly alive, either, exhibiting no brain activity or pulse.
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Elizabeth Lopatto
April 2, 2014
International museums are interested in exhibiting her work; Lady Gaga, Daphne Guinness, and Bjork have worn her pieces.
The New Queens of Haute Couture
Sarah Moroz
January 27, 2014
Daniel himself seems to exist outside or above human emotion, exhibiting a sort of Zen calm that is at odds with his situation.
Sundance Channel’s ‘Rectify’ Is the Best New Show of 2013
Jace Lacob
April 17, 2013
She says Sandusky is exhibiting typical behavior of a pedophile in attacking his victims.
Sandusky Lawyer Reveals Appeal Plan
Diane Dimond
October 11, 2012

Historical Examples of exhibiting

He held up his arm, exhibiting the gleaming circle of plasticum on his wrist.
Be It Ever Thus
Robert Moore Williams
He is exhibiting Socrates for the first time undergoing the Socratic interrogation.
The Republic
Plato
"And this," he added, exhibiting another that was colorless.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930
Various
Bristow cut in violently, exhibiting his first deep emotion.
The Winning Clue
James Hay, Jr.
"I never told you about my father," he said, exhibiting surprise.
The Opal Serpent
Fergus Hume

British Dictionary definitions for exhibiting

exhibit

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 Formsexhibitory, adjective

Word Origin for exhibit

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

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Word Origin and History for exhibiting

exhibit

mid-15c., from Latin exhibitus, past participle of exhibere "to hold out, display, show, present, deliver" (see exhibition). Related: Exhibited; exhibiting.

exhibit

1620s, "document or object produced as evidence in court," from Latin exhibitum, neuter past participle of exhibere (see exhibition). Meaning "object displayed in a fair, museum, etc." is from 1862. Transferred use of exhibit A "important piece of evidence" is by 1906.