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   Ex·hi·bi·tion

   /ˌeksəˈbiSHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. a public display of works of art or items of interest, held in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair: "an exhibition of French sculpture" Similar (public) displayshowshowingpresentationdemonstrationshowcasemountingspectacleretrospectivebiennaleexpositionexpofairtrade fairworld fairexhibitinformal:demo
   • 2. a display or demonstration of a particular skill: "fields that have been plowed with a supreme exhibition of the farm worker's skills"
   • ▪ an ostentatious or insincere display of a particular quality or emotion: "a false but convincing exhibition of concern for smaller nations" Similar displayshowdemonstrationmanifestationexpressionindicationrevelationbetrayaldisclosureparade
   • 3. (in sports) a game whose outcome does not affect a team's standing, typically one played before the start of a regular season: "an exhibition game"
   • 4. a scholarship awarded to a student at a school or college, usually after a competitive examination. British

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘maintenance, support’; hence exhibition (sense 4), mid 17th century): via Old French from late Latin exhibitio(n-), from Latin exhibere ‘hold out’ (see exhibit).

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