EXHIBIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exhibit mean? 

• EXHIBIT (noun)
  The noun EXHIBIT has 2 senses:

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

2. something shown to the public

  Familiarity information: EXHIBIT used as a noun is rare.

• EXHIBIT (verb)
  The verb EXHIBIT has 4 senses:

1. show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill

2. to show, make visible or apparent

3. give an exhibition of to an interested audience

4. walk ostentatiously

  Familiarity information: EXHIBIT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXHIBIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("exhibit" is a kind of...):

evidence ((law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something shown to the public

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

display; exhibit; showing

Context example:

the museum had many exhibits of oriental art

Hypernyms ("exhibit" is a kind of...):

show (the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exhibit"):

parade (a visible display)

light show (a display of colored lights moving in shifting patterns)

Derivation:

exhibit (to show, make visible or apparent)

• EXHIBIT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they exhibit    ... he / she / it exhibits   
Past simple: exhibited   
Past participle: exhibited   
-ing form: exhibiting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

he exhibits a great talent

Hypernyms (to "exhibit" is one way to...):

possess (have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exhibit"):

phosphoresce (to exhibit phosphorescence)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

exhibition (the act of exhibiting)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To show, make visible or apparent

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

display; exhibit; expose

Context example:

National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship

Hypernyms (to "exhibit" is one way to...):

show (make visible or noticeable)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exhibit"):

open (display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer)

bring forth; produce (bring out for display)

hold up (hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration)

bench (exhibit on a bench)

moon (expose one's buttocks to)

flash; flaunt; ostentate; show off; swank (display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously)

brandish (exhibit aggressively)

model (display (clothes) as a mannequin)

model; pose; posture; sit (assume a posture as for artistic purposes)

gibbet; pillory (expose to ridicule or public scorn)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

exhibit (something shown to the public)

exhibition (the act of exhibiting)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Give an exhibition of to an interested audience

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

demo; demonstrate; exhibit; present; show

Context example:

We will demo the new software in Washington

Hypernyms (to "exhibit" is one way to...):

show (make visible or noticeable)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exhibit"):

bring home (make understandable and clear)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something

Derivation:

exhibitor (someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Walk ostentatiously

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

exhibit; march; parade

Context example:

She parades her new husband around town

Hypernyms (to "exhibit" is one way to...):

walk (make walk)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

 Context examples 

A population of allogeneic lymphocytes expressing the CD56 surface antigen and exhibiting a lack of CD3, with immunomodulating activity.

(Allogeneic CD56-positive CD3-negative Natural Killer Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

Individuals in a pedigree who exhibit the specific phenotype under study.

(Affected, NCI Dictionary)

ADORA3 exhibits about 71% homology with A3ar (rat).

(Adenosine Receptor A3, NCI Thesaurus)

The three conserved (GPCR Family) widely expressed types of Adenosine Receptors (A1, A2, A3) exhibit specific patterns of ligand binding and unique tissue distributions.

(Adenosine Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

A potent alpha galactosylceramide modified from marine-sponge that stimulates the immune system to exhibit antitumor activity.

(Alpha Galactosylceramide, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm of the meninges, exhibiting poor differentiation (anaplasia).

(Anaplastic (Malignant) Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The mechanisms, functions, activities, or processes exhibited by microorganisms, especially bacteria, to resist or to become tolerant to antibiotics.

(Antibiotic Resistance, NCI Thesaurus)

The coumarin derivatives in this agent may vasodilate and relax smooth muscle and may exhibit additive anticoagulant effects.

(Angelica Sinensis Root Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, this agent has exhibited chemopreventive properties.

(Anetholtrithion, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent has been shown to exhibit a broad spectrum of antineoplastic activity against experimental tumors, including those resistant to other alkylating agents.

(Anaxirone, NCI Thesaurus)