'Exhibit' definitions:
Definition of 'exhibit'
(from WordNet)
noun
An object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence
noun
Something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art" [syn: display, exhibit, showing]
verb
Show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill; "he exhibits a great talent"
verb
To show, make visible or apparent; "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" [syn: expose, exhibit, display]
verb
Give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate]
verb
Definition of 'Exhibit'
From: GCIDE
- Exhibit \Ex*hib"it\, n.
- 1. Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Exhibit'
From: GCIDE
- Exhibit \Ex*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhibiting.] [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or hold. See Habit.]
- 1. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery. [1913 Webster]
- Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge. [1913 Webster]
- He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treason against the earl. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Med.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel. [1913 Webster]
- To exhibit a foundation or prize, to hold it forth or to tender it as a bounty to candidates.
- To exibit an essay, to declaim or otherwise present it in public. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exhibit'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advertise,
- affect,
- air,
- approve,
- argue,
- attest,
- basis for belief,
- benefit,
- bespeak,
- betoken,
- betray,
- bill,
- blazon forth,
- body of evidence,
- brandish,
- breathe,
- bring forth,
- bring forward,
- bring into view,
- bring out,
- bring to notice,
- chain of evidence,
- clue,
- connote,
- cosmorama,
- cyclorama,
- dangle,
- data,
- datum,
- debut,
- demonstrate,
- demonstration,
- denote,
- develop,
- diorama,
- disclose,
- display,
- disport,
- divulge,
- documentation,
- dramatize,
- emblazon,
- embody,
- enact,
- enactment,
- entertainment,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exemplify,
- exhibition,
- expose,
- expose to view,
- exposition,
- exposure,
- express,
- fact,
- facts,
- fair,
- farewell performance,
- flash,
- flaunt,
- flesh show,
- flourish,
- furnish evidence,
- georama,
- give indication of,
- give sign,
- give token,
- go to show,
- grounds,
- grounds for belief,
- highlight,
- hold up,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- imply,
- incarnate,
- indicate,
- indication,
- involve,
- item of evidence,
- light show,
- make clear,
- make plain,
- manifest,
- manifestation,
- mark,
- material grounds,
- materialize,
- mean,
- muniments,
- mute witness,
- myriorama,
- offer,
- opening,
- ostentation,
- pageant,
- pageantry,
- panorama,
- parade,
- perform,
- performance,
- phantasmagoria,
- piece of evidence,
- point to,
- pomp,
- premiere,
- premises,
- present,
- presentation,
- presentment,
- proclaim,
- produce,
- production,
- projection,
- proof,
- psychedelic show,
- put forth,
- put forward,
- reason to believe,
- relevant fact,
- represent,
- representation,
- retrospective,
- reveal,
- roll out,
- set forth,
- shifting scene,
- show,
- show forth,
- show off,
- show signs of,
- showing,
- sight,
- sign,
- signalize,
- signify,
- speak for itself,
- speak volumes,
- spectacle,
- sport,
- spotlight,
- stage presentation,
- stage show,
- suggest,
- swan song,
- symptom,
- symptomatize,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- tell,
- tend to show,
- theatrical performance,
- token,
- trot out,
- trumpet,
- trumpet forth,
- tryout,
- unfold,
- unfolding,
- unfoldment,
- unveiling,
- varnishing day,
- vaunt,
- vernissage,
- wave