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Word: Exhibition
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (in the sense ‘maintenance, support’; hence exhibition (sense 4), mid 17th century): via Old French from late Latin exhibitio(n-), from Latin exhibere ‘hold out’ (see exhibit)
ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃn
a public display of works of art or items of interest, held in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair
Short Definition:public display of art
Examples:- an exhibition of French sculpture
- he never lent his treasures out for exhibition
a display or demonstration of a skill
Short Definition:display or demonstration of skill
Examples:- fields which have been ploughed with a supreme exhibition of the farm worker's skills
(in sport) a game whose outcome does not affect a team's standing, typically one played before the start of a regular season
Short Definition:game whose outcome does not affect team's standing
Examples:- an exhibition match
a scholarship awarded to a student at a school or university, usually after a competitive examination
Short Definition:scholarship
Examples:- Brasenose awarded him a senior Hulme exhibition
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