Exhibit Definition

ĭg-zĭbĭt, ĕg-
exhibited, exhibiting, exhibits
verb
exhibited, exhibiting, exhibits
To present or expose to view; show; display.
Webster's New World
To present for others to see.
Rolled up his sleeve to exhibit the scar.
American Heritage
To present to public view for entertainment, instruction, advertising, judgment in a competition, etc.
Webster's New World
To put pictures, wares, etc. on public display.
Webster's New World
To give evidence of; reveal.
To exhibit impatience.
Webster's New World
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noun
exhibits
A show; display; presentation.
Webster's New World

A public showing; an exhibition.

The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
Wiktionary
A thing exhibited; esp., an object or objects displayed publicly.
Webster's New World
A document or object produced as evidence in a court.
Webster's New World
A document or thing introduced as evidence in court, or attached to a contract or to a motion.
Webster's New World Law
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Other Word Forms of Exhibit

Noun

Singular:
exhibit
Plural:
exhibits

Origin of Exhibit

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English exhibiten from Latin exhibēre exhibit- ex- ex- habēre to hold ghabh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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