Exhibit

English

Verb

Exhibit (third-person singular simple present Exhibits, present participle Exhibiting, simple past and past participle Exhibited)

(transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.

He wanted to exhibit his baseball cards.
(transitive) To demonstrate.

The players exhibited great skill.
(transitive, law) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.

I now exhibit this bloody hammer.
(intransitive) To put on a public display.

Will you be exhibiting this year?

Noun

Exhibit (plural Exhibits)

An instance of exhibiting.
That which is exhibited.
A public showing; an exhibition.

The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
(law) An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.

Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.

Adjectives for Exhibit

studious; mercantile; bulky; archaeological; educational; pitiable; admirable; startling; doleful; representative.

Adverbs for Exhibit

immodestly; markedly; unexpectedly; pretentiously; shamelessly; obscenely; gratuitously; glaringly; curiously; muscularly; conspicuously; educationally; persuasively; studiously; representatively.

Synonyms for Exhibit

(display or show (something) for others to see): display, show, show off
(demonstrate): demonstrate, show
(present for inspection):
(instance of exhibiting): showing
(public showing): exhibition, exposition, show
discover, reveal, manifest, offer, present, disclose, evince, flaunt.

Antonyms for Exhibit

hide, conceal.

Related terms

Thesaurus

advertise, affect, air, approve, argue, attest, basis for belief, benefit, bespeak, betoken, betray, bill, blazon forth, body of evidence, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, chain of evidence, clue, connote, cosmorama, cyclorama, dangle, data, datum, debut, demonstrate, demonstration, denote, develop, diorama, disclose, display, disport, divulge, documentation, dramatize, emblazon, embody, enact, enactment, entertainment, evidence, evince, exemplify, exhibition, expose, expose to view, exposition, exposure, express, fact, facts, fair, farewell performance, flash, flaunt, flesh show, flourish, furnish evidence, georama, give indication of, give sign, give token, go to show, grounds, grounds for belief, highlight, hold up, illuminate, illustrate, imply, incarnate, indicate, indication, involve, item of evidence, light show, make clear, make plain, manifest, manifestation, mark, material grounds, materialize, mean, mute witness, myriorama, offer, opening, ostentation, pageant, pageantry, panorama, parade, perform, performance, phantasmagoria, piece of evidence, point to, pomp, premiere, premises, present, presentation, presentment, proclaim, produce, production, projection, proof, psychedelic show, put forth, put forward, reason to believe, relevant fact, represent, representation, retrospective, reveal, roll out, set forth, shifting scene, show, show forth, show off, show signs of, showing, sight, sign, signalize, signify, speak for itself, speak volumes, spectacle, sport, spotlight, stage presentation, stage show, suggest, swan song, symptom, symptomatize, tableau, tableau vivant, tell, tend to show, theatrical performance, token, trot out, trumpet, trumpet forth, tryout, unfold, unfolding, unfoldment, unveiling, varnishing day, vaunt, vernissage, wave

Etymology

< Latin exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibeō (“I hold forth, present, show, display”) < ex (“out of, from”) + habeō (“I have, hold”); see habit.