Meaning & use
exhibit
To publicly display something, or to clearly show a particular quality or behavior.
See it in a sentence
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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