exhibition
SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- //ɛksɪˈbɪʃən//
An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
Substantiv
- 1
An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
- 2
A large-scale public showing of objects or products.
There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.
a boat exhibition
- 3
A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative.
a shameful exhibition
a disgusting exhibition
Well I made some exhibition, I lost my will to eat / The only thing that matters to me is to touch your lotus feet
- 4
A demonstration of personal skill or feelings.
"I could not have believed," remarked Francesca, "had I not witnessed it since my residence in your country, how the reality and the affectation of feeling can exist together. Before I left our solitary home, the very exhibition of emotion would have tempted me to doubt its truth. Now, I observe that some affect, as others shun, display; yet the feeling is equally true in both."
- 5
A financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school or university, usually on the basis of academic merit.
He was a scholarship boy who had won an Exhibition to Oxford, and then, like so many others, had found himself thrown upon the slave market of pedagogy.
Despite a couple of rustications, he gained an exhibition to Cambridge.
- 6
A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition.
Herkunft
From Old French exhibicion. Equivalent to exhibit + -ion.
Verb
- 1
To participate in sexual exhibitionism.
Formen
- Plural
- exhibitions
- Präteritum
- exhibitioned
- Partizip II
- exhibitioned
- Partizip I
- exhibitioning
- 3. Person Singular
- exhibitions
exhibition · An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
exile · The state of being banished from one's home or country.exist · to be; have existence; have being or realityexistence · The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.