exhibit
pronunciation
How to pronounce exhibit in British English:
UK [ɪɡˈzɪbɪt]
How to pronounce exhibit in American English:
US [ɪɡˈzɪbɪt]
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- Noun:
- an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence
- something shown to the public
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- Verb:
- show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill
- to show, make visible or apparent
- show or demonstrate something to an interested audience
- walk ostentatiously
Word Origin
- exhibit (v.)
- "offer or present to view," mid-15c., from Latin exhibitus, past participle of exhibere "to hold out, display, show, present, deliver" (see exhibition). Related: Exhibited; exhibiting.
- exhibit (n.)
- 1620s, "document or object produced as evidence in court," from Latin exhibitum, noun use of neuter past participle of exhibere "to display, show" (see exhibition). Meaning "object displayed in a fair, museum, etc." is from 1862. Transferred use of exhibit A "important piece of evidence" is by 1906.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The pictures on the postcards are from the exhibit .
- 2. The full exhibit will be on display at princeton until may 5 , 2011 .
- 3. Some of the dim branches exhibit bright recoil leaders .
- 4. Exhibit a : the grilled cheese sandwich .
- 5. Most of them are poor and obscure but with this competition , they can exhibit themselves .