An exhibition is a public event at which pictures, sculptures, or other objects of interest are displayed, for example at a museum or art gallery.
...an exhibition of expressionist art. [+ of]
...an exhibition on the natural history of the area.
Synonyms: show, display, exhibit, showing More Synonyms of exhibition
2. singular noun
An exhibition of a particular skilful activity is a display or example of it that people notice or admire.
He responded in champion's style by treating the fans to an exhibition of power andspeed. [+ of]
Synonyms: display, show, performance, demonstration More Synonyms of exhibition
3. See also exhibit
exhibition in British English
(ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃən)
noun
1.
a public display of art, products, skills, activities, etc
a judo exhibition
2.
the act of exhibiting or the state of being exhibited
3. make an exhibition of oneself
4. British
an allowance or scholarship awarded to a student at a university or school
exhibition in American English
(ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən)
noun
1.
the act or fact of exhibiting
2.
the thing or things exhibited
3.
a public show or display, as of art, industrial products, athletic feats, etc.
4. British
a sum of money awarded by a school or university to help support a student
Word origin
ME & OFr exhibicion < LL exhibitio < pp. of L exhibere: see exhibit
COBUILD Collocations
exhibition
temporary exhibition
Examples of 'exhibition' in a sentence
exhibition
Yet this is the picture of war that a new exhibition in London presents.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Here are 11 new exhibitions opening this summer that are worth a visit.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
This app logs the top tours, museums and exhibitions to see around the world.
The Sun (2016)
A barn must be born again as an exhibition space.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A new exhibition might overturn a few of these preconceptions.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
At first glance this amazing sight looked as if it had been carefully arranged like a modern art exhibition, and it left local people utterly bemused.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You wait years for a great art exhibition and then five come along at once.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We recently visited the primary school of our youngest granddaughter to see an art exhibition.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This was not an exhibition of power or bravado but a masterclass of planning and execution.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They claim there is a shortage of exhibition space in the capital.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Most shows combine aerial displays with exhibitions of aircraft on the ground.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The galleries will no longer confine exhibitions to the areas defined by their collections.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Another aim of the society was to present this exciting work to the public in exhibitions.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And the new exhibition building somehow involves an awful lot of stairs and corridors.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This last gallery in the exhibition is the least successful.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
This exhibition charts the history of banknotes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
That itself will make a good exhibition space.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This exhibition puts scholarship above showmanship.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This is the first museum exhibition to focus on architecture and its relevance to the Surrealist imagination.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Back down in the city, there are some interesting festivals and exhibitions over the summer.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Its inaugural major exhibition displays the works of ten contemporary artists from Colombia.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Security alarms were triggered as the other two ripped the four paintings from a wall in the exhibition area on the ground floor.
The Sun (2008)
But this is a public exhibition, not an academic exercise.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
There are 63 of his works in the exhibition with another ten attributed to him and his workshop.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I find these exhibitions interesting as they offer a new and different challenge to the garden designer.
Page, Russell The Education of a Gardener (1994)
It wasn't actually going to be displayed but was part of the wider body of work in the exhibition.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The Met said that the works were already beginning to arrive at the museum before an exhibition scheduled to open next year.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
For the Great Exhibition brought with it more than merely machinery.
Judith Flanders Consuming Passions: Leisure and Pleasure in Victorian Britain (2006)
This was not an exhibition of power, more grass-court guile.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
A major exhibition of the collection of the world's oldest photographic society takes you on a historical tour of the medium.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
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In other languages
exhibition
British English: exhibition /ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃən/ NOUN
An exhibition is a public display of art, products, skills, activities, etc.
The paintings are currently on exhibition in the city.
American English: exhibition
Arabic: مَعْرِض
Brazilian Portuguese: exposição
Chinese: 展览会
Croatian: izložba
Czech: výstava
Danish: udstilling
Dutch: tentoonstelling
European Spanish: exposición
Finnish: näyttely
French: exposition
German: Ausstellung
Greek: έκθεση εκδήλωση
Italian: esposizione
Japanese: 展示
Korean: 전시회
Norwegian: utstilling
Polish: wystawa
European Portuguese: exposição
Romanian: expoziție
Russian: выставка
Latin American Spanish: exhibición
Swedish: utställning
Thai: งานแสดง
Turkish: sergi
Ukrainian: виставка
Vietnamese: triển lãm
All related terms of 'exhibition'
art exhibition
an exhibition of works of art such as pictures
exhibition game
an unofficial game played under regular game conditions between professional teams , usually as a part of preseason training or as a fund-raising event
exhibition hall
a hall in which pictures , sculptures , or other objects of interest are displayed
exhibition centre
a large building in which major trade fairs are held
exhibition killing
the murder of a hostage by terrorists , filmed for broadcasting on television or the internet
exhibition match
a sports match which is not part of a competition but instead serves the function of demonstrating the skills of the players
temporary exhibition
An exhibition is a public event at which pictures , sculptures , or other objects of interest are displayed, for example at a museum or art gallery .
make an exhibition of oneself
to behave so foolishly in public that one excites notice or ridicule