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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence;

2. something shown to the public;
- Example: "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"
[syn: display, exhibit, showing]


VERB (4)

1. show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill;
- Example: "he exhibits a great talent"

2. to show, make visible or apparent;
- Example: "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"
- Example: "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"
- Example: "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
[syn: expose, exhibit, display]

3. give an exhibition of to an interested audience;
- Example: "She shows her dogs frequently"
- Example: "We will demo the new software in Washington"
[syn: show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate]

4. walk ostentatiously;
- Example: "She parades her new husband around town"
[syn: parade, exhibit, march]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

exhibit n 1: an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence 2: something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art" [syn: display, exhibit, showing] v 1: show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill; "he exhibits a great talent" 2: 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] 3: 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] 4: walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town" [syn: parade, exhibit, march]