exhibitionex‧hi‧bi‧tion /ˌeksəˈbɪʃən/ ●●● W2 AWL noun 
an exhibition of black and white photographsstage/mount/hold etc an exhibition The museum is staging an exhibition of Picasso’s work.2[uncountable] when something such as a painting is shown in a public placeexhibition of She never agreed to the public exhibition of her sculptures while she was still alive.on exhibition A collection of paintings by David Hockney is on exhibition at the Museum of Art.3exhibition of something a situation in which someone shows a particular skill, feeling, or type of behaviour SYN display: I’ve never seen such an exhibition of jealousy.4make an exhibition of yourself to behave in a silly or embarrassing way SYN make a fool of yourselfCOLLOCATIONSverbshave an exhibition· The college is having an exhibition of the students’ work in April.hold/mount/stage an exhibition formal (=have an exhibition)· Hayward Gallery is mounting an impressive exhibition of new British artists.put on an exhibition (=have an exhibition)· Last summer the museum put on some wonderful exhibitions for children.host an exhibition formal (=provide the place for an exhibition)· Boston’s Museum of Fine Art hosts temporary exhibitions alongside its permanent collection.go to an exhibition (also attend/visit an exhibition formal)· We went to an exhibition of Russian art at the National Gallery.see an exhibition· We also saw an exhibition of paintings by Sydney Lough Thompson, a New Zealand artist.arrange/organize an exhibition· The trust arranged an exhibition of his drawings in New York.promote an exhibition (=tell the public about it)· Our press officer contacted the local radio and TV stations to promote the exhibition.adjectivesa big/large exhibition· This is the largest exhibition of its kind that we have ever seen in London.an important exhibition· an important exhibition of twentieth century arta major exhibition (=large and important)· His work is the subject of a major exhibition at the National Gallery.a small exhibition· The library held a small exhibition showcasing the work of local artists.a permanent exhibition· The museum hosts a permanent exhibition of Boston’s history.a temporary exhibition· Temporary exhibitions are usually held in the basement.a touring/travelling exhibition (=one that moves from place to place)· The touring exhibition is scheduled to be in Dallas from March until June.a retrospective exhibition (=one that shows work from the past)· a retrospective exhibition celebrating 150 years of photographyexhibition + NOUNan exhibition centre British English, an exhibition center American English (=a large building for holding exhibitions)· The exhibition will be held in the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.an exhibition hall· There’s a large exhibition hall on the ground floor.an exhibition stand (=a stand for showing things at an exhibition)· He took up his position at the exhibition stand.exhibition space (=space where exhibitions can be held)· The building provides 125,000 square metres of exhibition space in 12 halls.an exhibition venue (=a place where exhibitions can be held)· We are still looking for suitable exhibition venues.THESAURUSexhibition an event at which a collection of paintings, interesting objects etc are shown to the public for a period of time: · All the photographs in the exhibition are for sale.· The Great Outdoors Exhibition is a great place to find out about new outdoors activities.show an exhibition. Show is less formal than exhibition. It can be used about small events as well as big public ones: · The artist is preparing a show at the Museum of Modern Art.· He is putting on a one-man show in a local gallery.· a trade show· the London Motor Show at Earl’s Courtexhibit American English an exhibition: · an exhibit of Western paintings and sculpturesfair an event at which people or businesses show or sell their products, which is often not open to the public: · the Frankfurt Book Fair for publishers and the mediaexposition a large and important public event at which people or businesses show or sell their products: · 177 galleries from nineteen countries will take part in the Chicago International Art Exposition.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Have you seen the O'Keefe exhibition yet?
- Many of the photographs on exhibition were taken by artists who worked primarily in other media.
- The exhibition of works by Hans Memling opens next week.
- An exhibition of Bernard Lavier's latest sculptures can be seen until the middle of June.
- But pleasure, and intellectual challenge, is in response to individual installations rather than to the exhibition as a whole.
- Electrical supplies and additional lighting can be booked for exhibition purposes.
- For example, I just returned from an exhibition and wrote a 6,000 word report in one burst in my hotel room.
- Science follows immediately, and the students quickly gather in groups to work on their exhibition in this area.
- Throughout its day at Pollock and Searby's Mill Lane premises the exhibition was visited by company staff.
THESAURUS
an event at which a collection of paintings, interesting objects etc are shown to the public for a period of time: · All the photographs in the exhibition are for sale.· The Great Outdoors Exhibition is a great place to find out about new outdoors activities.
an exhibition. Show is less formal than exhibition. It can be used about small events as well as big public ones: · The artist is preparing a show at the Museum of Modern Art.· He is putting on a one-man show in a local gallery.· a trade show· the London Motor Show at Earl’s Court
American English an exhibition: · an exhibit of Western paintings and sculptures
an event at which people or businesses show or sell their products, which is often not open to the public: · the Frankfurt Book Fair for publishers and the media
a large and important public event at which people or businesses show or sell their products: · 177 galleries from nineteen countries will take part in the Chicago International Art Exposition.
Longman Language Activatora place where art is shown a building or room where you can go to look at paintings, sculptures etc: · One of the rooms has been made into a small modern art gallery.· We spent the afternoon looking at paintings in the National Gallery.· Dale is showing some of his work in one of the galleries downtown.
American a large building where you can go to look at paintings, sculptures etc: · The museum has a few of Van Gogh's early paintings.museum of: · Baldesaro is in New York preparing a showing at the Museum of Modern Art.
a collection of paintings, sculptures etc, often the work of one artist or a group of similar artists, which you can go to see - use this especially when they are only being shown for a limited period of time: · Have you seen the O'Keefe exhibition yet?exhibition of: · The exhibition of works by Hans Memling opens next week.on exhibition: · Many of the photographs on exhibition were taken by artists who worked primarily in other media.
an event at which the work of one artist or a group of artists is shown and is often for sale to the public: · Tomorrow is the opening night of her show in Cork Street, London.· a show of new work by young artists
when paintings, art, products etc are shown publicly also exhibit American an event at which a collection of paintings, interesting objects etc are shown to the public for a period of time: · All the photographs in the exhibition are for sale.photographic/trade/Picasso etc exhibition : · Milan is hosting an international trade exhibition this month.· The exhibit, entitled "Search and Destroy', proved to be very popular.exhibition/show of: · Davis is organizing an exhibition of paintings by contemporary black artists.
a group of things that are shown together for people to look at: · They held a spectacular firework display to mark the new millennium.display of: · The festival of Lucia is a dazzling display of the art, music and dance of an ancient culture.· a display of Shona sculpture from Zimbabwe
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs The school has a new sports hall. Five hundred people filled the lecture hall. The National Gallery mounted an exhibition of Danish painting.
· The college is having an exhibition of the students’ work in April.
formal (=have an exhibition)· Hayward Gallery is mounting an impressive exhibition of new British artists.
(=have an exhibition)· Last summer the museum put on some wonderful exhibitions for children.
formal (=provide the place for an exhibition)· Boston’s Museum of Fine Art hosts temporary exhibitions alongside its permanent collection.
(also attend/visit an exhibition formal)· We went to an exhibition of Russian art at the National Gallery.
· We also saw an exhibition of paintings by Sydney Lough Thompson, a New Zealand artist.
· The trust arranged an exhibition of his drawings in New York.
(=tell the public about it)· Our press officer contacted the local radio and TV stations to promote the exhibition.
adjectives· This is the largest exhibition of its kind that we have ever seen in London.
· an important exhibition of twentieth century art
(=large and important)· His work is the subject of a major exhibition at the National Gallery.
· The library held a small exhibition showcasing the work of local artists.
· The museum hosts a permanent exhibition of Boston’s history.
· Temporary exhibitions are usually held in the basement.
(=one that moves from place to place)· The touring exhibition is scheduled to be in Dallas from March until June.
(=one that shows work from the past)· a retrospective exhibition celebrating 150 years of photography
exhibition + NOUN British English, an exhibition center American English (=a large building for holding exhibitions)· The exhibition will be held in the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.
· There’s a large exhibition hall on the ground floor.
(=a stand for showing things at an exhibition)· He took up his position at the exhibition stand.
(=space where exhibitions can be held)· The building provides 125,000 square metres of exhibition space in 12 halls.
(=a place where exhibitions can be held)· We are still looking for suitable exhibition venues.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· The exhibition centre has an interesting display of contemporary art.
The school has a new sports hall. Five hundred people filled the lecture hall. The National Gallery mounted an exhibition of Danish painting.· a large exhibition of modern sculpture
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· A newsletter, an annual exhibition and a directory of X products are also planned.· But in high school his passion had turned to painting, and his work regularly appeared in annual exhibitions.· Temporary exhibitions: Annual exhibition to coincide with the street fair in September.· Exhibition date: Binchester's annual exhibition will be held on June 27 and 28.· Management should agree on an annual major unifying exhibition theme which should relate to our main activities.· Regular exhibitions of members' work are organised by the society, the annual exhibition being held at the City Art Gallery.
· The current exhibition includes one hundred paintings, drawings, prints, books and manuscript illuminations.· Contact the museum or watch local press for a comprehensive list of current exhibitions.· There are examples of the interactive displays in the current Babbage exhibition, which runs until 31st December.· You will find catalogues for the current exhibition in the stands near the display cases.
· Are you going to go on with your international exhibitions?· The calendar below shows the 13 dazzling international exhibitions being held in the 12,000 square metre exhibition hall.· Sykes obtained awards for his signalling and railway safety inventions at many international exhibitions, notably at Paris in 1881.
· Why have you opted for a relatively modestly sized premises rather than a larger exhibition area?· This is a large exhibition with 135 paintings and 140 drawings and engravings.· This is the largest exhibition held on Blake, and one to get lost, and even lose your head, in.· Norwich had rarely seen such a large exhibition of contemporary art involving alternative art practices.
· This has allowed short term seated events to fill the gaps in the programme between major exhibitions.· Margarett had had five major exhibitions in New York, one in Chicago, and one in Cambridge.· Both have figured in the last major exhibitions devoted to these painters.· It is the first major Schiele exhibition to tour the United States in 34 years.· The ex-nonconformists have emerged, and were honoured in 1987 with an officially sponsored major exhibition in Moscow.· Concurrent with major exhibition at Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
· Since then much has been done to improve and protect the area including a new information and exhibition centre and picnic areas.· Frequent flying Increasingly, Brezzo finds himself out of town, either to raise dollars or to secure new exhibitions.· The new exhibition areas will allow the Trust to display even more of the contents of this remarkable time capsule.· Based on the new permanent exhibition at the museum.· How will the new exhibition differ in its treatment of your earlier work?· But there is a good deal more to him than that, as a new exhibition at Oxford's Museum of Modern Art reveals.· The new exhibition is large and comprehensive, but narrow in its focus.
· A permanent exhibition on the history of the valley is to be established near the dam in the early 1990s.· The Ground Floor should be reserved for a permanent exhibition on the work of the Garden.· Based on the new permanent exhibition at the museum.· His two front windows were a permanent exhibition for the benefit of passers-by.· A Merkhet is on permanent exhibition in the Science Museum, London.· The museum's permanent exhibition is basically an educational trot through London's history from prehistory to the present day.· The Museum has a permanent exhibition depicting the social and natural history of the Daventry area.· The Tudor wing was constructed in Elizabethan times, and now features various permanent and temporary exhibitions.
· Then the public exhibition of the glass.· The public exhibitions now being mounted and the publication of this leaflet by the Regional Council are intended to augment these procedures.· It's the first time that a public exhibition has been staged in a prison.· Running until 10 May, this is Paris's first public exhibition of Ayme's work.· A public exhibition is envisaged showing those proposals within the overall context of the A3 Petersfield-Liphook bypass.· Pictures of the gold, diamond rings and expensive watches the two accumulated were shown in public anti-corruption exhibitions.· A public exhibition of your finds at a library or other public building is a very useful public relations exercise.
· The 1980s saw her return to more traditional media, and her recent exhibition contained paintings, drawings and prints.· In recent years exhibitions and displays have been presented according to this dialectical principle with increasing frequency.
· Within the larger Dean Chapel, de las Casas has placed a small exhibition and conference building.· There are halls for banqueting up to 3,000, for small exhibitions, industrial theatre and simultaneous translation.
· We might participate in special exhibitions, which we are doing right now.· One of the reasons why it has been able to do so is its policy of charging for special exhibitions.· Further Information - A 24 house answering service provides details of opening times and latest information on special exhibitions and forthcoming events.· There we will have room for special exhibitions.· Now his work is being featured in a special exhibition.· Many have their own programmes that include special exhibitions or films on the Holocaust, while others treat the matter summarily.· There is also a series of special exhibitions throughout the year.· Series of special exhibitions throughout the year.
· Here are held temporary art exhibitions.· This has galleries on two levels, the lower one for the recently discovered paintings, the upper one for temporary exhibitions.· Workshop Museum also houses temporary art exhibitions.· An intensive programme of temporary exhibitions has also been organised by the Centro Reina Sofía for 1992.· Elsewhere, there are puppets, a jumble of toys, a vast doll collection and excellent temporary exhibitions.· The extension would provide space for offices, cloakrooms, a souvenir shop and bookshop, the library and temporary exhibitions.· The adjacent Museum and Art Gallery features many temporary exhibitions.· Will the reorganisation affect the museum's capacity to present temporary exhibitions?
· Meanwhile, of course, there is this touring exhibition.· This was a talk on William Blake, timed to coincide with an internationally touring exhibition of this artist's work.· Regular programme of temporary and touring exhibitions.· These photographs are now available for hire as a touring exhibition.
NOUN· Read in studio A giant art exhibition is taking place at two hundred sites across one county.· Family affair: It's a family affair for a father and daughter whose art exhibition opens in Stockton today.· Craft fairs, local events, bands and art exhibitions will all be on offer.· Typical open air art exhibition - this one is in Via Francesco Sforza Milan did not survive the war intact.· Dunbar progressed meanwhile with his art exhibitions.· Workshop Museum also houses temporary art exhibitions.· Magee College hosts a programme of special events that includes art exhibitions and concerts by folk musicians of local and national reputation.
· The girls who pile into the exhibition centre are usually accompanied by a flock of female relatives.· Since then much has been done to improve and protect the area including a new information and exhibition centre and picnic areas.· In the other ad, Customs, Sandown exhibition centre becomes an airport.· In June 1991, the Jeu de Paume reopened its doors, this time as an exhibition centre devoted to contemporary art.· We brought out from London a large quantity of copies of the supplement for giving out at the exhibition centre.· In the evening there was a dinner-dance at the hotel by the exhibition centre.· The most recent example is an application by MacLeod Estates to construct an 80 seater restaurant and exhibition centre at Glenbrittle.
· They invited to the Hong Kong Sevens to play in the fifteen-man exhibition game beforehand.· After two exhibition games, they know all they need to know.· League plans exhibition games in stadium.· Tagliabue said the system would be tested first at exhibition games that are nationally televised.· Plummer, who had appeared in 133 straight regular-season games, broke his left wrist in the first exhibition game last month.· Louis Cardinals said Rick Ankiel won't be used in their first five exhibition games.· Fans in Atlanta still talk about the shot Linares hit off the facade in left field in a 1993 exhibition game.· And when the Raiders came back to test the waters with exhibition games, the joint was stuffed to the rafters.
· League plans exhibition games in stadium.· After two exhibition games, they know all they need to know.· Tagliabue said the system would be tested first at exhibition games that are nationally televised.· Louis Cardinals said Rick Ankiel won't be used in their first five exhibition games.· And when the Raiders came back to test the waters with exhibition games, the joint was stuffed to the rafters.· The premium on performance shifts the focus this spring to the exhibition games, starting in another week.
· The outer concourse in glass and iron had its architectural roots in the exhibition halls of the nineteenth century.· It includes an exhibition hall, an auditorium, bookshop and restaurant.· It links Hammersmith Broadway with the brutal concrete-and-steel Thirties exhibition halls at Olympia.· To have a ground floor exhibition hall will also have one great practical advantage.· Ideally situated for Conference Centre, exhibitions halls and shops.· There have been some notable conservation conversions, with the Gare d'Orsay in Paris, for instance, becoming an exhibition hall.· At one stage, the exhibition hall got so crowded the doors had to be closed.
· And we were hard to contact - access to exhibition space means you can be found.· The museum is already preparing for a huge building project that will almost double its exhibition space.· Proper gallery or exhibition space is expensive to hire, prohibitively so for the average professional artist.· Three floors of exhibition spaces are linked by a new stair tower, placed to the rear of the main warehouse block.· It consists of only one small white room which doubles as shop, library, and exhibition space on Schaperstraße 11.· Others suspect that exhibition spaces might simply be veils for new real-estate deals.· Charged approximately 7.50 per hour for the public meeting, and a lesser amount for the exhibition space.· About twenty years ago department stores in Tokyo started to make parts of their buildings into exhibition spaces and called them museums.
VERB· Also organized to accompany the exhibition were story-telling sessions for both children and adults.· A catalogue has been produced to accompany the exhibition, which runs from 24 November to 18 December.· Voice over Mary Greenstead's book is accompanied by an exhibition at Cheltenham Museum.
· Here are held temporary art exhibitions.· Leigh's retainer as a consultant has supported the space, which held five exhibitions until it closed this fall.· In 1933 Schulz held exhibitions of his drawings and engravings in Warsaw.· The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, which held its inaugural exhibition in 1888, came into being through his initiative.· The Art Gallery holds frequent exhibitions and concerts.
· The museum also includes an exhibition of artefacts and pictures showing the history of the Northamptonshire Regiment.· It is to include design studios, exhibition facilities, a development and testing laboratory and administrative offices.· Magee College hosts a programme of special events that includes art exhibitions and concerts by folk musicians of local and national reputation.· The painting will be included in an exhibition until 30 April of works acquired over the past ten years.· It was a fascinating experience to be included in an exhibition of this sort.· It includes an exhibition hall, an auditorium, bookshop and restaurant.· Many have their own programmes that include special exhibitions or films on the Holocaust, while others treat the matter summarily.· A number of engraved portraits of Norfolk-born naval heros are included in the exhibition.
· To mark the completion of the inventory, the Museum is mounting an exhibition which runs until 19 July.· From time to time, though, he would mount an exhibition.· The director Peter Volkwein plans to mount exhibitions and encourage symposia, discussions and concerts of concrete music.· A decision to mount temporary, changing exhibitions should help resolve this problem.
· Black-and-white pictures that are closer to exalted family snapshots than art photography open the exhibition.
· They invited to the Hong Kong Sevens to play in the fifteen-man exhibition game beforehand.· Karros is recovering from a strained hamstring and has yet to play in an exhibition game.· Diego Maradona played in a charity exhibition on Wednesday in apparent defiance of his worldwide suspension for use of cocaine.
· The Fotogallery in Cardiff is showing RadicalChip, an exhibition of photography, video and mixed medial installations.· Examples of the work of the four artists will be showing in an exhibition at the Tate Gallery from Nov 4-29.· The resulting work was shown in an exhibition at the National Gallery in London, in 1987.· Perhaps visit some of the pavilions showing specialised exhibitions of exotic flowers, trees and plants - a truly breathtaking sight.· Other DCE-compliant technologies shown at the exhibition included: Transarc Corp's Encina transaction processing monitor.· Pictures of the gold, diamond rings and expensive watches the two accumulated were shown in public anti-corruption exhibitions.· Provided it doesn't melt, she now plans to show it at an exhibition in London.
· She has been appointed this season after the Wordsworth Trust staged a six-day exhibition in Osaka last year.· The Craftworks gallery in Belfast's Linenhall Street is currently staging an exhibition featuring products geared towards children.
· In September 1882 she visited the Tynemouth exhibition.· I have just visited the Hilliard Society exhibition where I found your magazine.· Please give a big build-up to your class members and encourage them to visit the exhibition bringing along families and friends.· Almost certainly Bakst visited the exhibition of modern art at the Rue Huyghens.· Pollock visited the exhibition daily and assimilated its iconography and stylistic innovation.· I said that we would of course be happy for his parishioners to visit our exhibitions.· Exhibitions Another useful way of finding out what is available from publishers is to visit their stands at exhibitions.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► exhibition of somethingPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Sam got drunk and made an exhibition of himself as usual.
- Even the mouse and the cynic are constantly making an exhibition of themselves.
- I didn't want you making an exhibition of yourself.
- It would be dreadful if one ran out while the children were present and she made an exhibition of herself by screaming!
- Somehow or other he must surely be making an exhibition of himself.
- A Bradford Museums Service travelling exhibition.
- However, John Reynolds, the latest addition to this high-speed travelling circus, could be one of the surprise packets.
- The stables turned out to be remarkably solid structures for a travelling circus, made mostly of wood with canvas roofs.
- This year a travelling circus put up its tent and offered the public a horse-riding show.
WORD FAMILYnounexhibitionexhibitorexhibitverbexhibit
1[countable] especially British English a show of paintings, photographs, or other objects that people can go to seeexhibition of an exhibition of black and white photographsstage/mount/hold etc an exhibition The museum is staging an exhibition of Picasso’s work.2[uncountable] when something such as a painting is shown in a public placeexhibition of She never agreed to the public exhibition of her sculptures while she was still alive.on exhibition A collection of paintings by David Hockney is on exhibition at the Museum of Art.3exhibition of something a situation in which someone shows a particular skill, feeling, or type of behaviour SYN display: I’ve never seen such an exhibition of jealousy.4make an exhibition of yourself to behave in a silly or embarrassing way SYN make a fool of yourselfCOLLOCATIONSverbshave an exhibition· The college is having an exhibition of the students’ work in April.hold/mount/stage an exhibition formal (=have an exhibition)· Hayward Gallery is mounting an impressive exhibition of new British artists.put on an exhibition (=have an exhibition)· Last summer the museum put on some wonderful exhibitions for children.host an exhibition formal (=provide the place for an exhibition)· Boston’s Museum of Fine Art hosts temporary exhibitions alongside its permanent collection.go to an exhibition (also attend/visit an exhibition formal)· We went to an exhibition of Russian art at the National Gallery.see an exhibition· We also saw an exhibition of paintings by Sydney Lough Thompson, a New Zealand artist.arrange/organize an exhibition· The trust arranged an exhibition of his drawings in New York.promote an exhibition (=tell the public about it)· Our press officer contacted the local radio and TV stations to promote the exhibition.adjectivesa big/large exhibition· This is the largest exhibition of its kind that we have ever seen in London.an important exhibition· an important exhibition of twentieth century arta major exhibition (=large and important)· His work is the subject of a major exhibition at the National Gallery.a small exhibition· The library held a small exhibition showcasing the work of local artists.a permanent exhibition· The museum hosts a permanent exhibition of Boston’s history.a temporary exhibition· Temporary exhibitions are usually held in the basement.a touring/travelling exhibition (=one that moves from place to place)· The touring exhibition is scheduled to be in Dallas from March until June.a retrospective exhibition (=one that shows work from the past)· a retrospective exhibition celebrating 150 years of photographyexhibition + NOUNan exhibition centre British English, an exhibition center American English (=a large building for holding exhibitions)· The exhibition will be held in the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.an exhibition hall· There’s a large exhibition hall on the ground floor.an exhibition stand (=a stand for showing things at an exhibition)· He took up his position at the exhibition stand.exhibition space (=space where exhibitions can be held)· The building provides 125,000 square metres of exhibition space in 12 halls.an exhibition venue (=a place where exhibitions can be held)· We are still looking for suitable exhibition venues.THESAURUSexhibition an event at which a collection of paintings, interesting objects etc are shown to the public for a period of time: · All the photographs in the exhibition are for sale.· The Great Outdoors Exhibition is a great place to find out about new outdoors activities.show an exhibition. Show is less formal than exhibition. It can be used about small events as well as big public ones: · The artist is preparing a show at the Museum of Modern Art.· He is putting on a one-man show in a local gallery.· a trade show· the London Motor Show at Earl’s Courtexhibit American English an exhibition: · an exhibit of Western paintings and sculpturesfair an event at which people or businesses show or sell their products, which is often not open to the public: · the Frankfurt Book Fair for publishers and the mediaexposition a large and important public event at which people or businesses show or sell their products: · 177 galleries from nineteen countries will take part in the Chicago International Art Exposition.