exhibition
Americannoun
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an exhibiting, showing, or presenting to view.
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a public display, as of the work of artists or artisans, the products of farms or factories, the skills of performers, or objects of general interest.
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an exposition or large fair of extended duration, as a world's fair.
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British. an allowance given to a student in a college, university, or school, usually upon the result of a competitive examination.
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Medicine/Medical Obsolete. administration, as of a remedy.
noun
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a public display of art, products, skills, activities, etc
a judo exhibition
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the act of exhibiting or the state of being exhibited
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to behave so foolishly in public that one excites notice or ridicule
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an allowance or scholarship awarded to a student at a university or school
Other Word Forms
- nonexhibition noun
- preexhibition noun
- reexhibition noun
- self-exhibition noun
Etymology
Origin of exhibition
1275–1325; Middle English exhibicion < Late Latin exhibitiōn- (stem of exhibitiō ) a presenting. See exhibit, -ion
Example Sentences
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Television programs, musical performances, special exhibitions and more mark America’s 250th birthday.
Witness Mary Gabriel’s immensely popular book “Ninth Street Women,” and the Denver Art Museum’s pioneering but problematic 2016 exhibition “Women of Abstract Expressionism.”
While these types of exhibitions are often an exercise in hunting for an aesthetic needle in a mind-numbing haystack, the quality here is surprisingly consistent with happy discoveries around almost every corner.
Arts and culture writer Evan Nicole Brown shares her guide to the best exhibitions and club nights in town this week.
From Los Angeles Times
The exhibition, initially intended as a Gorillaz 25th anniversary event, has landed on the West Coast.
From Los Angeles Times
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