exhibition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of exhibiting

   a remarkable exhibition of musicianship

2. 2
   noun

   A large-scale public showing of objects or products.

   There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.

3. 3
   noun

   A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative.

   a shameful exhibition

4. 4
   noun

   A demonstration of personal skill or feelings.

   "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."

5. 5
   noun

   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.

   He was a scholarship boy who had won an Exhibition to Oxford, and then, like so many others, had found himself thrown upon the slave market of pedagogy.

6. 6
   noun

   a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display

7. 7
   noun

   An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.

8. 8
   noun

   A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition.

Etymology

From Old French exhibicion. Equivalent to exhibit + -ion.