exhibition
noun
[ ɛksɪˈbɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a public display of works of art or items of interest, held in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.
• "an exhibition of French sculpture"
Similar:
(public) display,
show,
showing,
presentation,
demonstration,
showcase,
mounting,
spectacle,
retrospective,
biennale,
exposition,
expo,
fair,
trade fair,
world fair,
exhibit,
demo,
• a display or demonstration of a skill.
• "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.
• "an exhibition match"
• a scholarship awarded to a student at a school or university, usually after a competitive examination.
• "Brasenose awarded him a senior Hulme exhibition"
Origin:
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).
