Meaning & use

exhibit

verb·Academic

To publicly display something, or to clearly show a particular quality or behavior.

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The gallery will exhibit the artist's paintings for the entire month of June.

The patient exhibited several symptoms that worried the attending physician.

A note on using this word

Exhibit works both for physical displays, as in a museum, and for showing traits or symptoms in a person.

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Another way to use it

2. noun

An object or collection put on public display, or a piece of evidence in a trial.

Prosecutors presented the bloody knife as exhibit number one in the trial.

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