exhibit
Plural: exhibits
Noun
- an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence
- something shown to the public
- "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"
- An instance of exhibiting.
- That which is exhibited.
- A public showing; an exhibition.
- An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
Verb
Verb Forms: exhibited, exhibiting, exhibits
- To show or display publicly.
- show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill
- "he exhibits a great talent"
- to show, make visible or apparent
- "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- walk ostentatiously
- To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
- To demonstrate.
- To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
- To put on a public display.
- To administer as a remedy.
Examples
- Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.
- He hoped to exhibit his strategic prowess by playing a triple-word score.
- He wanted to exhibit his baseball cards.
- I now exhibit this bloody hammer.
- The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
- The players exhibited great skill.
- to exhibit calomel
- Will you be exhibiting this year?
Origin / Etymology
From Latin exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibeō (“I hold forth, present, show, display”), from ex (“out of, from”) + habeō (“I have, hold”); see habit.
Synonyms
demo, demonstrate, display, expose, march, parade, present, show, showing, exhibition, exposition, show off
Scrabble Score: 19
exhibit: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordexhibit: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
exhibit: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary