exhibit

English

Etymology

FromLatinexhibitus,perfect passive participle ofexhibeō(“I hold forth, present, show, display”),fromex(“out of, from”)+habeō(“I have, hold”);seehabit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/,/ɛɡ-/
• (General American)IPA^(key):/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/,/ɛɡ-/

• Audio(General American):

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• Rhymes:-ɪbɪt
• Hyphenation:ex‧hib‧it

Verb

exhibit(third-person singular simple presentexhibits,present participleexhibiting,simple past and past participleexhibited)

1. (transitive)Todisplayorshow(something) for others to see, especially at anexhibitionorcontest.

   He wanted toexhibithis baseball cards.

   • 1897December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill,chapter V, inThe Celebrity: An Episode,New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company;London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC:

     Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning toexhibitvisible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.

   • 2006,Donald Ringe,From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic(A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1],Oxford: Oxford University Press,→ISBN,page12:

     A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, alsoexhibitedo-grade roots.

2. (transitive)Todemonstrate.

   The playersexhibitedgreat skill.

   • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell,chapter XIII, inThe Mirror and the Lamp,Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:

     And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidityexhibitedon all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.

3. (transitive,law)Tosubmit(a physicalobject) to acourtasevidence.

   I nowexhibitthis bloody hammer.

4. (intransitive)To put on a public display.

   Will you beexhibitingthis year?

5. (medicine)To administer as a remedy.

   toexhibitcalomel

Synonyms

• (display or show (something) for others to see):display,show,show off
• (demonstrate):demonstrate,show
• (present for inspection):

Related terms

• exhibition
• exhibitionist
• exhibitor
• Exhibit A
• inhibit
• prohibit

Translations

display or show (something) for others to see

• Armenian:please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian:пока́звам(bg)impf(pokázvam)
• Catalan:exhibir(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Triển lãm／Triển lãm(zh)(zhǎnlǎn)

• Danish:vise(da),fremvise,stille til skue
• Dutch:tonen(nl),tentoonstellen(nl)
• Esperanto:ekspozicii
• Finnish:esitellä(fi)
• French:exposer(fr)
• Georgian:please add this translation if you can
• German:zeigen(de),zur Schau stellen,ausstellen(de),vorzeigen(de)
• Gothic:𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽(fauramēljan)
• Greek:εκθέτω(el)(ekthéto),παρουσιάζω(el)(parousiázo)

  Ancient:ἐπιδείκνυμι(epideíknumi)

• Hungarian:kiállít(hu)
• Italian:mostrare(it)
• Khmer:បង្ហាញ(km)(bɑnghaañ)
• Ladin:purter
• Latin:ostendō,exhibeō(la),praestō
• Macedonian:и́зложи(ízloži)
• Maori:whakamātakitaki
• Mongolian:please add this translation if you can
• Polish:pokazywać(pl),pokazać(pl)
• Portuguese:exibir(pt)
• Romanian:expoza,arăta(ro)
• Sanskrit:दिशति(sa)(diśati)
• Spanish:exhibir(es)
• Swedish:visa upp(sv)
• Tagalog:itanghal
• Telugu:ప్రదర్శించు(te)(pradarśiñcu)
• Thai:please add this translation if you can
• Turkish:göstermek(tr),sergilemek(tr)
• Vietnamese:trưng bày(vi),phô bày(vi)

demonstrate

• Bulgarian:проявявам(bg)(projavjavam)
• Catalan:exposar(ca)
• Danish:vise(da),udvise,demonstrere
• Dutch:vertonen(nl),tonen(nl)
• Finnish:osoittaa(fi)
• German:zeigen(de),an den Tag legen(de)
• Greek:παρουσιάζω(el)(parousiázo),επιδεικνύω(el)(epideiknýo)
• Italian:dimostrare(it)
• Macedonian:по́каже(pókaže)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:oppvise,legge for dagen

• Portuguese:demonstrar(pt)
• Spanish:exponer(es)
• Swedish:visa upp(sv)
• Telugu:ప్రదర్శించు(te)(pradarśiñcu)
• Turkish:göstermek(tr),ortaya koymak(tr)
• Vietnamese:bày tỏ(vi),tỏ ra(vi),biểu lộ(vi)

submit to a court

• Bulgarian:представям(bg)(predstavjam)
• Danish:fremlægge
• Finnish:esittäätodistuskappale
• German:vorlegen(de),demonstrieren(de),präsentieren(de)
• Greek:παρουσιάζω(el)(parousiázo)
• Macedonian:по́днесе(pódnese)
• Turkish:ibraz etmek(tr),sunmak(tr)
• Vietnamese:đệ trình(vi),đưa ra(vi)

display publicly

• Bulgarian:излагам(bg)(izlagam)
• Danish:udstille
• Dutch:tentoonstellen(nl)
• Finnish:esitellä(fi),asettaa näytteille
• German:ausstellen(de)
• Hungarian:kiállít(hu)
• Macedonian:и́зложи(ízloži)
• Polish:wystawić(pl),wystawiać(pl)
• Portuguese:exibir(pt)
• Spanish:exhibir(es)
• Swedish:ställa ut(sv)
• Telugu:ప్రదర్శించు(te)(pradarśiñcu)
• Turkish:sergilemek(tr)
• Vietnamese:triển lãm(vi)

Noun

exhibit(pluralexhibits)

1. An instance ofexhibiting.
2. That which isexhibited.
3. A public showing; anexhibition.

   The museum's newexhibitis drawing quite a crowd.

4. (law)An articleformallyintroduced as evidence in a court.

   ExhibitA is this photograph of the corpse.

Synonyms

• (instance of exhibiting):showing
• (public showing):exhibition,exposition,show

Derived terms

• exhibit-goer

• Esperanto:ekspozicio====Translations====

instance of exhibiting

• Belarusian:пака́зm(pakáz)
• Bulgarian:пока́зване(bg)n(pokázvane)
• Dutch:vertoning(nl)
• Finnish:esittely(fi)
• German:Ausstellung(de)f
• Hungarian:kiállítás(hu)
• Macedonian:изложу́вањеn(izložúvanje)
• Portuguese:exibição(pt)f,exposição(pt)f
• Russian:пока́з(ru)m(pokáz)
• Swedish:uppvisning(sv),förevisning(sv)
• Telugu:ప్రదర్శనం(te)(pradarśanaṁ)
• Ukrainian:по́казm(pókaz)
• Vietnamese:sự trưng bày(vi),sự phô bày(vi)

something exhibited

• Arabic:مَعْرُوضm(maʕrūḍ)
• Armenian:ցուցանմուշ(hy)(cʻucʻanmuš)
• Belarusian:экспана́тm(ekspanát)
• Bulgarian:експона́тm(eksponát)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Triển phẩm(zh)(zhǎnpǐn)

• Dutch:tentoonstellingsstuk
• Finnish:näyttelyesine(fi)
• German:Ausstellungsstück(de)n,Exponat(de)n
• Greek:έκθεμα(el)n(ékthema)
• Japanese:Xuất phẩm vật(しゅっぴんぶつ, shuppinbutsu),Triển kỳ phẩm(てんじひん, tenjihin)
• Kalmyk:үзмр(üzmr)
• Kazakh:жәдігер(jädıger)
• Korean:전시품( triển kỳ phẩm )(ko)(jeonsipum)
• Macedonian:експона́тm(eksponát)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:utstilling(no)morf

  Nynorsk:utstillingf

• Polish:eksponat(pl)m
• Russian:экспона́т(ru)m(eksponát)
• Serbo-Croatian:izložakm
• Swedish:utställningsföremåln
• Telugu:ప్రదర్శనం(te)(pradarśanaṁ)
• Ukrainian:експона́т(uk)m(eksponát)
• Vietnamese:vật trưng bày(vi),vật triển lãm(vi)

public showing

• Armenian:please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian:экспазі́цыяf(ekspazícyja),вы́стаўка(be)f(výstaŭka),выста́ваf(vystáva)
• Bulgarian:изло́жба(bg)f(izlóžba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Triển lãm hội／Triển lãm hội(zh)(zhǎnlǎnhuì)

• Czech:výstava(cs)f
• Danish:udstillingc
• Dutch:tentoonstelling(nl),expositie(nl)
• Esperanto:ekspozicio
• Finnish:esittely(fi)
• French:exposition(fr)f
• Georgian:please add this translation if you can
• German:Ausstellung(de)f
• Greek:έκθεση(el)f(ékthesi)

  Ancient:ἐπίδειξιςf(epídeixis)

• Hungarian:kiállítás(hu)
• Indonesian:pameran(id)
• Italian:esposizione(it)f
• Macedonian:и́зложбаf(ízložba)
• Mongolian:please add this translation if you can
• Russian:экспози́ция(ru)f(ekspozícija),вы́ставка(ru)f(výstavka)
• Serbo-Croatian:izložbaf
• Spanish:exhibición(es)f
• Swedish:utställning(sv)c
• Telugu:ప్రదర్శనం(te)(pradarśanaṁ)
• Thai:please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian:експози́ціяf(ekspozýcija),ви́ставка(uk)f(výstavka)
• Vietnamese:triển lãm(vi)

article as evidence in court

• Azerbaijani:maddisübut
• Bulgarian:веще́ствено доказа́телствоn(veštéstveno dokazátelstvo)
• Esperanto:pruvobjekto
• Finnish:todistuskappale
• French:pièce à conviction(fr)f
• German:Beweisstück(de)n
• Greek:πειστήριο(el)n(peistírio)
• Macedonian:до́казен материја́лm(dókazen materijál)
• Polish:dowód rzeczowym
• Russian:веще́ственное доказа́тельство(ru)n(veščéstvennoje dokazátelʹstvo),вещдо́к(ru)m(veščdók),улика(ru)f(ulika)
• Spanish:prueba documentalf,prueba instrumental
• Swedish:bevisföremåln
• Vietnamese:tang vật(vi)

Further reading

• “exhibit”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
• “exhibit”,inThe Century Dictionary[…],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,→OCLC.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central)[əɡ.ziˈβit]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic)[əɡ.ziˈbit]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[eɡ.ziˈbit]
• Rhymes:-it

Participle

exhibit(feminineexhibida,masculine pluralexhibits,feminine pluralexhibides)

1. pastparticipleofexhibir