world's fair

American  

noun

1. a large international exposition with exhibitions of arts, crafts, industrial and agricultural products, scientific achievements, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of world's fair

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

—On the whole, rich or poor, most folks believe they are in possession of a Wonder, whether it’s their grandfather’s glass eye, a silver spoon from the Palace of Electricity at the 1904 World’s Fair, or a pumpkin that’s a dead ringer for Abe Lincoln.

From Literature

Why, they’d already had a World’s Fair … and there were tall buildings and a zoo, museums and cathedrals and even the mighty, muddy Mississippi River, with a famous bridge across it.

From Literature

Visitors to the 1939 World’s Fair were dazzled by RCA’s TV broadcasts.

From The Wall Street Journal

John Philip Sousa and his band performed it at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893.

From The Wall Street Journal

Walt Disney’s father had worked on the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and as a boy, Disney grew up going to Electric Park, an amusement park near his childhood home.

From The Wall Street Journal