exhibit
To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
Verb 4 meanings
To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
“He wanted to exhibit his baseball cards.”
To demonstrate.
“The players exhibited great skill.”
To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
“I now exhibit this bloody hammer.”
To put on a public display.
“Will you be exhibiting this year?”
Noun 4 meanings
An instance of exhibiting.
That which is exhibited.
A public showing; an exhibition.
“The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.”
An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
“Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.”
Etymology
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.
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EXHIBIT at a glance
EXHIBIT has 7 letters and scores 19 points in Scrabble (E 1 + X 8 + H 4 + I 1 + B 3 + I 1 + T 1) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,401 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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