Exhibit Meaning
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
verbTo demonstrate.
Sentence Examples
They are going to exhibit many famous old paintings at the gallery.
Can I see the special exhibit with this ticket?
Seals have been known to exhibit aggressive behaviour towards swimmers.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The museum will ____ a rare collection of ancient artifacts next month.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The museum's new ____ on ancient Egypt features several well-preserved mummies.
Word Origin & History
From Latin exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibeō (“to hold forth, present, show, display”), from ex (“out of, from”) + habeō (“to have, hold”); see habit.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"The swimmer who is an expert does not exhibit his muscular force by violent movements, but exhibits some power which is invisible and which shows itself in perfect grace and reposefulness."
— 1918, Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism, London: Macmillan, page 128:
"A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots."
— 2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
"And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"“Because of the risk to public safety, efforts will be made to locate this group of river otters and remove them,” authorities said. “Care will be taken to only remove the animals exhibiting these unusual behaviors.”"
— 2021 September 27, Amanda Holpuch, “River otter attacks baffle authorities in Anchorage, Alaska”, in The Guardian:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The museum will ____ a rare collection of ancient artifacts next month.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The museum's new ____ on ancient Egypt features several well-preserved mummies.