exhibition
Other forms: exhibitions
An exhibition is a collection of items for public display, like an exhibition of children’s artwork, antique vases, or memorabilia from a science fiction movie series.
In the 19th century, exhibition was used to refer to a collection of objects, while exhibit designated a single item in an exhibition. Nowadays, exhibition and exhibit are often used interchangeably. Exhibition comes from the Latin ex-, meaning "out," and habere, meaning "hold" — as objects in an exhibition are "held out," or shown, to the public. The h in "hold out" might help you remember to include the h when spelling exhibition.
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the act of exhibiting“a remarkable exhibition of musicianship”types:production(law) the act of exhibiting in a court of lawrodeoan exhibition of cowboy skillstype of:demonstration, presentation, presentmenta show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view
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a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public displaysynonyms: expo, expositiontypes:art exhibitionan exhibition of art objects (paintings or statues)peepshow, raree-showan exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glassfaira competitive exhibition of farm productsretrospectivean exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life worktype of:accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collectionseveral things grouped together or considered as a whole
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