Exhibition Meaning
/ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
nounA large-scale public showing of objects or products.
Sentence Examples
You ought to have seen the exhibition.
The committee picked the site for the exhibition.
Have you seen the Picasso exhibition?
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The art ____ featured paintings from local artists.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The art ____ showcased the works of several local painters and sculptors.
Word Origin & History
From Old French exhibicion. Equivalent to exhibit + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Well I made some exhibition, I lost my will to eat / The only thing that matters to me is to touch your lotus feet"
— 2002, George Harrison, “Stuck Inside a Cloud”, in Brainwashed:
""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.""
— 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 178:
"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."
— 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 352:
"Despite a couple of rustications, he gained an exhibition to Cambridge."
— 2016 November, Jonathan Meades, “Inside Job”, in Literary Review:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The art ____ featured paintings from local artists.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The art ____ showcased the works of several local painters and sculptors.