exhibit

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ex|hib|it /ɪgz'ɪbɪt/ (exhibits exhibiting exhibited)
1 [VERB] V n
If someone or something shows a particular quality, feeling, or type of behaviour, you can say that they exhibit it. (FORMAL)
He has exhibited symptoms of anxiety and overwhelming worry...
= show
2 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
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.
His work was exhibited in the best galleries in America, Europe and Asia.
● exhibition [N-UNCOUNT] usu for/on N
Five large pieces of the wall are currently on exhibition in London.
3 [VERB] V
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; in BRIT, use exhibition)
...an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
6 [N-COUNT]
An exhibit is an object that a lawyer shows in court as evidence in a legal case.

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