Exhibition

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exhibition \Ex`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. exhibitio a delivering: cf.
     F. exhibition.]
     1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth
        to view; manifestation; display.
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     2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also,
        any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of
        skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an
        exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues,
        etc.; an industrial exhibition.
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     3. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and
        drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private
        benefaction for the maintenance of scholars.
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              What maintenance he from his friends receives,
              Like exhibition thou shalt have from me. --Shak.
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              I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my
              days, than to the priests.            --Tyndale.
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     4. (Med.) The act of administering a remedy.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exhibition
       n 1: the act of exhibiting; "a remarkable exhibition of
            musicianship"
       2: a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for
          public display [syn: {exposition}, {expo}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "exhibition":
     benefit, bill, blazon, bravura, brilliancy, cosmorama, cyclorama,
     daring, dash, debut, demo, demonstration, diorama, display,
     dramatics, eclat, enactment, entertainment, etalage, exhibit,
     exhibitionism, expo, exposition, exposure, fair, false front,
     fanfaronade, farewell performance, figure, flair, flaunt,
     flaunting, flesh show, flourish, georama, histrionics, light show,
     manifestation, myriorama, offering, opening, ostentation, pageant,
     pageantry, panorama, parade, performance, phantasmagoria, pomp,
     premiere, presentation, presentment, production, projection,
     psychedelic show, representation, retrospective, sham,
     shifting scene, show, showing, showing-off, sight, spectacle,
     splash, splurge, stage presentation, stage show, staginess,
     swan song, tableau, tableau vivant, theatrical performance,
     theatrics, tryout, unfolding, unfoldment, unveiling,
     varnishing day, vaunt, vernissage
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  EXHIBITION, Scotch law. An action for compelling the production of writings. 
  In Pennsylvania, a party possessing writings is compelled, to produce them 
  on proper notice being given, in default of which judgment is rendered 
  against him.