EXHIBITION
Dictionary entry overview: What does exhibition mean?
• EXHIBITION (noun)
The noun EXHIBITION has 2 senses:
1. the act of exhibiting
2. a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
Familiarity information: EXHIBITION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EXHIBITION (noun)
Meaning:
The act of exhibiting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
a remarkable exhibition of musicianship
Hypernyms ("exhibition" is a kind of...):
demonstration; presentation; presentment (a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exhibition"):
production ((law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law)
rodeo (an exhibition of cowboy skills)
Meaning:
A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
expo; exhibition; exposition
Hypernyms ("exhibition" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exhibition"):
art exhibition (an exhibition of art objects (paintings or statues))
peepshow; raree-show (an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass)
fair (a competitive exhibition of farm products)
