verb

exhibit

ihg-ZIH-biht

verb

To put something on public display, especially in a gallery, museum, or competition.

"Her paintings were exhibited at the local gallery last spring."

"The farm exhibits its prize cattle at the county fair every year."

To show or display a quality, feeling, or behaviour.

"The patient exhibited signs of severe anxiety."

noun

An object or item put on public display.

"The dinosaur exhibit was the most popular part of the museum."

An item formally presented to a court as evidence.

"The knife was entered into evidence as Exhibit A."

How to Use Exhibit

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo show something publicly, or the thing being shown.

Common pairings

exhibit signs of exhibit symptoms go on exhibit Exhibit A

exhibited past tense, exhibits plural, exhibits singular

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Her paintings were _____ at the local gallery last spring.

From Latin exhibitus, "held out" or "presented," from ex- ("out") plus habere ("to have, hold").

inhibit prohibit