exhibit
an object that is shown to the public in a museum, etc
The museum has a fascinating collection of exhibits ranging from Iron Age pottery to Inuit clothing.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
II. exhibit2 AC BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: ↑exhibition, ↑exhibitor, ↑exhibit; verb: ↑exhibit]
1. something, for example a painting, that is put in a public place so that people can go to see it:
The exhibits date from the 17th century.
2. an object that is shown in court to prove whether someone is guilty or not:
Exhibit A is the hammer found next to the victim.
3. American English an exhibition:
a big exhibit in Milan
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
noun
1. an object or a work of art put in a public place, for example a museum, so that people can see it
• The museum contains some interesting exhibits on Spanish rural life.
2. a thing that is used in court to prove that sb is guilty or not guilty
• The first exhibit was a knife which the prosecution claimed was the murder weapon.
3. (NAmE) = exhibition (1)
• The new exhibit will tour a dozen US cities next year.
Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘submit for consideration’, also ‘present a document as evidence in court’): from Latin exhibit- ‘held out’, from the verb exhibere, from ex- ‘out’ + habere ‘hold’.
Example Bank:
• The artist is now having her first solo exhibit in New York.
• The exhibit features unique photographs of San Francisco in the 1900s.
• The exhibit opened to the public on July 1.
• The exhibit runs through February 1.
• The library has a policy of mounting changing exhibits.
• The library is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a special exhibit.
• The museum features rotating exhibits.
• There are forty gigantic works on exhibit.
• a major exhibit of the painter's work
• a traveling exhibit of antiques
• an exhibit of video art
• an exhibit on local history
• the museum's new exhibit space
• a Matisse exhibit at the National Gallery
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
exhibit / ɪɡˈzɪb.ɪt / noun [ C ]
C1 an object that is shown to the public in a museum, etc.:
The museum has a fascinating collection of exhibits ranging from Iron Age pottery to Inuit clothing.
C1 US ( UK exhibition ) a collection of objects that is shown to the public in a museum, etc.:
Let's go see the new dinosaur exhibit.
legal a thing used as evidence (= proof that something is true) in a trial:
Is exhibit C the weapon that you say was used?
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
exhibit
[ɪgzɪ̱bɪt]
exhibits, exhibiting, exhibited
1) VERB If someone or something shows a particular quality, feeling, or type of behaviour, you can say that they exhibit it. [FORMAL]
[V n] He has exhibited symptoms of anxiety and overwhelming worry...
[V n] Two cats or more in one house will also exhibit territorial behaviour...
[V n] The economy continued to exhibit signs of decline in September.
Syn:
demonstrate, show
2) VERB: usu passive When a painting, sculpture, or object of interest is exhibited, it is put in a public place such as a museum or art gallery so that people can come to look at it. You can also say that animals are exhibited in a zoo.
[be V-ed] His work was exhibited in the best galleries in America, Europe and Asia.
[V-ed] ...a massive elephant exhibited by London Zoo in the late 19th Century.
Derived words:
exhibition N-UNCOUNT usu for/on N Five large pieces of the wall are currently on exhibition in London.
3) VERB When artists exhibit, they show their work in public.
By 1936 she was exhibiting at the Royal Academy.
4) N-COUNT An exhibit is a painting, sculpture, or object of interest that is displayed to the public in a museum or art gallery.
Shona showed me round the exhibits.
5) N-COUNT An exhibit is a public display of paintings, sculpture, or objects of interest, for example in a museum or art gallery. [AM]
...an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.(in BRIT, use exhibition)
6) N-COUNT An exhibit is an object that a lawyer shows in court as evidence in a legal case.
7) VERB If you say that someone exhibits something, you mean that they are showing it openly or publicly in order to be admired, noticed, or believed.
[V n] Other women seemed content and even exhibited their bellies with pride...
[V n] He seems to want to exhibit his shame.
Syn:
show off
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
exhibit
2exhibit noun, pl -its [count]
1 a : an object or a collection of objects that have been put out in a public space for people to look at : something shown in an exhibition
• The show includes dozens of interesting exhibits.
b chiefly US : exhibition 2a
• Have you seen the new photography exhibit?
• a school art exhibit
2 : an object that is used as evidence in a court of law
• introduced the weapons into evidence as exhibits A and B
✦The phrase exhibit A is sometimes used to refer to someone or something that is being mentioned as evidence or proof of something, as if in a court of law.
• He says that the new regulations have hurt small businesses, and he offers his own company as exhibit A.
on exhibit : being publicly shown in an exhibition
• The photographs are on exhibit in the museum's west wing.
• The painting went on exhibit last week.
• The painting was put on exhibit.
