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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
exhibit
ex·hibit AW [exhibit exhibits exhibited exhibiting] verb, noun BrE [ɪɡˈzɪbɪt] NAmE [ɪɡˈzɪbɪt]
verb
1. transitive, intransitive to show sth in a public place for people to enjoy or to give them information
•~ sth (at/in…) They will be exhibiting their new designs at the trade fairs.
• Only one painting was exhibited in the artist's lifetime.
•~ (at/in…) He exhibits regularly in local art galleries.
2. transitive ~ sth (formal)to show clearly that you have or feel a particular feeling, quality or ability
Syn: ↑display
•The patient exhibited signs of fatigue and memory loss.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘submit for consideration’, also ‘present a document as evidence in court’): from Latin exhibit- ‘held out’, from the verb exhibere, from ex- ‘out’ + habere ‘hold’.
Example Bank:
•He longed for the chance to exhibit his work publicly.
•He exhibits regularly in several local art galleries.
•Only one painting was exhibited in the artist's lifetime.
•The three novels exhibit a growing confidence in the author's use of language.
•They will be exhibiting their new designs at the trade fairs this spring.
noun
1. an object or a work of art put in a public place, for example a museum, so that people can see it
• The museum contains some interesting exhibits on Spanish rural life.
2. a thing that is used in court to prove that sb is guilty or not guilty
• The first exhibit was a knife which the prosecution claimed was the murder weapon.
3. (NAmE) = ↑exhibition (1)
•The new exhibit will tour a dozen US cities next year.
Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘submit for consideration’, also ‘present a document as evidence in court’): from Latin exhibit- ‘held out’, from the verb exhibere, from ex- ‘out’ + habere ‘hold’.
Example Bank:
•The artist is now having her first solo exhibit in New York.
•The exhibit features unique photographs of San Francisco in the 1900s.
•The exhibit opened to the public on July 1.
•The exhibit runs through February 1.
•The library has a policy of mounting changing exhibits.
•The library is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a special exhibit.
•The museum features rotating exhibits.
•There are forty gigantic works on exhibit.
•a major exhibit of the painter's work
•a traveling exhibit of antiques
•an exhibit of video art
•an exhibit on local history
•the museum's new exhibit space
•a Matisse exhibit at the National Gallery
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