EXHIBIT
Dictionary entry overview: What does exhibit mean?
• EXHIBIT (noun)
The noun EXHIBIT has 2 senses:
1. an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence
2. something shown to the public
Familiarity information: EXHIBIT used as a noun is rare.
• EXHIBIT (verb)
The verb EXHIBIT has 4 senses:
1. show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill
2. to show, make visible or apparent
3. show or demonstrate something to an interested audience
4. walk ostentatiously
Familiarity information: EXHIBIT used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• EXHIBIT (noun)
Meaning:
An object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("exhibit" is a kind of...):
evidence ((law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved)
Meaning:
Something shown to the public
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
display; exhibit; showing
Context example:
the museum had many exhibits of oriental art
Hypernyms ("exhibit" is a kind of...):
show (the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exhibit"):
parade (a visible display)
light show (a display of colored lights moving in shifting patterns)
• EXHIBIT (verb)
Meaning:
Show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
he exhibits a great talent
Hypernyms (to "exhibit" is one way to...):
possess (have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exhibit"):
phosphoresce (to exhibit phosphorescence)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
To show, make visible or apparent
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
display; exhibit; expose
Context examples:
The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month / Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts? / National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship
Hypernyms (to "exhibit" is one way to...):
show (make visible or noticeable)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exhibit"):
gibbet; pillory (expose to ridicule or public scorn)
model; pose; posture; sit (assume a posture as for artistic purposes)
model (display (clothes) as a mannequin)
brandish (exhibit aggressively)
flash; flaunt; ostentate; show off; swank (display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously)
moon (expose one's buttocks to)
bench (exhibit on a bench)
hold up (hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration)
bring forth; produce (bring out for display)
open (display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Show or demonstrate something to an interested audience
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
demo; demonstrate; present; show; exhibit
Context examples:
She shows her dogs frequently / We will demo the new software in Washington
Hypernyms (to "exhibit" is one way to...):
show (make visible or noticeable)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exhibit"):
bring home (make understandable and clear)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Meaning:
Walk ostentatiously
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
parade; exhibit; march
Context example:
She parades her new husband around town
Hypernyms (to "exhibit" is one way to...):
walk (make walk)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
