exhibit
verb/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they exhibit | /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/ /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/ |
| he / she / it exhibits | /ɪɡˈzɪbɪts/ /ɪɡˈzɪbɪts/ |
| past simple exhibited | /ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪd/ /ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪd/ |
| past participle exhibited | /ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪd/ /ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form exhibiting | /ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪŋ/ /ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to show something in a public place for people to enjoy or to give them information
- exhibit something (at/in…) They will be exhibiting their new designs at the trade fairs.
- Only one painting was exhibited in the artist's lifetime.
- He longed for the chance to exhibit his work publicly.
- exhibit (at/in…) She exhibits regularly in local art galleries.
- [transitive] exhibit something (formal) to show clearly that you have or feel a particular quality, ability, feeling or symptom synonym display
- The patient exhibited signs of fatigue and memory loss.
- The three novels exhibit a growing confidence in the author's use of language.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘submit for consideration’, also ‘present a document as evidence in court’): from Latin exhibit- ‘held out’, from the verb exhibere, from ex- ‘out’ + habere ‘hold’.
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