exhibition
Etymology
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Etymology
From
- IPA: /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/
exhibition
- An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
- A large-scale public showing of objects or products.
- There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.
- a boat exhibition
- A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative.
- a shameful exhibition
- a disgusting exhibition
- A demonstration of personal skill or feelings.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC ↗, page 178 ↗:
- "I could not have believed," remarked Francesca, "had I not witnessed it since my residence in your country, how the reality and the affectation of feeling can exist together. Before I left our solitary home, the very exhibition of emotion would have tempted me to doubt its truth. Now, I observe that some affect, as others shun, display; yet the feeling is equally true in both."
- (UK) A financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school or university, usually on the basis of academic merit.
- (sports) A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition.
- German: Ausstellung
- Portuguese: exibição, exposição
- Russian: пока́з
- Spanish: exhibición
- French: exposition
- German: Ausstellung
- Italian: mostra, esposizione
- Portuguese: exibição, mostra
- Russian: вы́ставка
- Spanish: exposición
- Portuguese: bolsa de estudos
- Russian: стипе́ндия
- Spanish: beca
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