- an object or a collection of objects put in a public place, for example a museum, so that people can see it
- The museum contains some interesting exhibits on Spanish rural life.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + exhibit- see
- view
- touch
- …
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
- (North American English) (British English exhibition)a collection of things, for example works of art, that are shown to the public
- The new exhibit will tour a dozen US cities next year.
Extra Examples- The artist is now having her first solo exhibit in New York.
- The exhibit features unique photographs of San Francisco in the 1900s.
- The exhibit opened to the public on July 1.
- The exhibit runs through February 1.
- The library has a policy of mounting changing exhibits.
- The library is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a special exhibit.
- The museum features rotating exhibits.
- There are forty gigantic works on exhibit.
- a major exhibit of the painter's work
- a traveling exhibit of antiques
- an exhibit of video art
- an exhibit on local history
- the museum's new exhibit space
- a Matisse exhibit at the National Gallery
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- art
- photo
- photographic
- …
- see
- tour
- view
- …
- open
- run
- be called something
- …
- gallery
- hall
- area
- …
- on exhibit
- exhibit of
- exhibit on
- …
- (North American English) (British English exhibition)the act of showing something, for example works of art, to the public
- exhibit of something She refused to allow the exhibit of her husband's work.
- on exhibit The portrait is going on public exhibit for the first time.
- a museum with over 35 000 square feet of exhibit space
- a thing that is used in court to prove that somebody is guilty or not guilty
- The first exhibit was a knife which the prosecution claimed was the murder weapon.
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’.
Check pronunciation:
exhibit