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Exhibition
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- 1 An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited. countable, uncountable
- 2 the act of exhibiting wordnet
- 3 A large-scale public showing of objects or products. countable, uncountable
"There was an art exhibition on in the town hall."
- 4 a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display wordnet
- 5 A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative. countable, uncountable
"a shameful exhibition"
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- 6 A demonstration of personal skill or feelings. countable, uncountable
""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 that some affect, as others shun, display; yet the feeling is equally true in both.""
- 7 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. UK, countable, uncountable
"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."
- 8 A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition. countable, uncountable
- 1 To participate in sexual exhibitionism. intransitive
Etymology
From Old French exhibicion. Equivalent to exhibit + -ion.
From Old French exhibicion. Equivalent to exhibit + -ion.
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