<< Back to dictionary

The Meaning of exhibit

  • (v. t.) To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery.
  • (v. t.) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.
  • (v. t.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.
  • (n.) Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit.
  • (n.) A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.

Synonyms

showing , display , video display , presentation , screening , show , viewing , demonstrate , present , demo , march , expose , parade , unwrap , let on , bring out , scupper , divulge , give away , endanger , queer , peril , let out , break , reveal , discover , uncover , debunk , disclose , attest , express , portray , introduce , register , testify , establish , depict , manifest , evidence , acquaint , read , lay out , point , indicate , record , picture , gift , certify , usher , salute , give , designate , represent , render , evince , prove , deliver , shew , confront , stage , show up , face , award , pose , submit , bear witness , abut , process , edge , promenade , butt against , border , butt , troop , adjoin , butt on , possess

Rhymes

inhibit , prohibit , ribbit , tibbett