Exhibit ɪɡˈzɪbɪt Museum Noun Bre Interesting Spanish Rural

• the museum contains some interesting exhibits on spanish rural life.
• the first exhibit was a knife which the prosecution claimed was the murder weapon.
• the new exhibit will tour a dozen us cities next year.
• the artist is now having her first solo exhibit in new york.

exhibit

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 somebody is guilty or not guilty
• The first exhibit was a knife which the prosecution claimed was the murder weapon.
• = exhibition (1)
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• The new exhibit will tour a dozen US cities next year.

Extra Examples

• 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

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’.