Exhibition

//ɛksɪˈbɪʃən// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of exhibiting wordnet
  3. 3
    A large-scale public showing of objects or products. countable, uncountable

    "There was an art exhibition on in the town hall."

  4. 4
    a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display wordnet
  5. 5
    A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative. countable, uncountable

    "a shameful exhibition"

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  1. 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.""

  2. 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."

  3. 8
    A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To participate in sexual exhibitionism. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French exhibicion. Equivalent to exhibit + -ion.

Etymology 2

From Old French exhibicion. Equivalent to exhibit + -ion.

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