English
exhibit
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/, /ɛɡ-/
  • (GA) IPA: /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/, /ɛɡ-/
Verb

exhibit (exhibits, present participle exhibiting; past and past participle exhibited)

  1. (transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
    He wanted to exhibit his baseball cards.
  2. (transitive) To demonstrate.
    The players exhibited great skill.
  3. (transitive, legal) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
    I now exhibit this bloody hammer.
  4. (intransitive) To put on a public display.
    Will you be exhibiting this year?
  5. (medicine) To administer as a remedy.
    to exhibit calomel
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exhibit (plural exhibits)

  1. An instance of exhibit#Verb|exhibiting.
  2. That which is exhibit#Verb|exhibited.
  3. A public showing; an exhibition.
    The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
  4. (legal) An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
    Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.
Synonyms Translations Translations Translations Translations
  • French: pièce à conviction
  • German: Beweisstück
  • Russian: веще́ственное доказа́тельство
  • Spanish: prueba documental, prueba instrumental


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