exhibit

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To show something publicly, especially in a museum or gallery.

   The gallery is exhibiting paintings by young local artists.

2. 2
   verb

   To show a quality, feeling, or skill.

   The patient exhibited clear signs of recovery.

3. 3
   noun

   An object or collection put on public display.

   The dinosaur exhibit was the most popular in the museum.

4. 4
   noun

   An object shown to a court as evidence.

   The lawyer presented the knife as exhibit A.

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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