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EXHIBIT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something shown to the public

Example:

the museum had many exhibits of oriental art

Synonyms:

display; exhibit; showing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("exhibit" is a kind of...):

show (the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exhibit"):

parade (a visible display)

light show (a display of colored lights moving in shifting patterns)

Derivation:

exhibit (to show, make visible or apparent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("exhibit" is a kind of...):

evidence ((law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Walk ostentatiously

Example:

She parades her new husband around town

Synonyms:

exhibit; march; parade

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "exhibit" is one way to...):

walk (make walk)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

To show, make visible or apparent

Example:

National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship

Synonyms:

display; exhibit; expose

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "exhibit" is one way to...):

show (make visible or noticeable)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exhibit"):

open (display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer)

bring forth; produce (bring out for display)

hold up (hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration)

bench (exhibit on a bench)

moon (expose one's buttocks to)

flash; flaunt; ostentate; show off; swank (display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously)

brandish (exhibit aggressively)

model (display (clothes) as a mannequin)

model; pose; posture; sit (assume a posture as for artistic purposes)

gibbet; pillory (expose to ridicule or public scorn)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

exhibit (something shown to the public)

exhibition (the act of exhibiting)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Give an exhibition of to an interested audience

Example:

We will demo the new software in Washington

Synonyms:

demo; demonstrate; exhibit; present; show

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "exhibit" is one way to...):

show (make visible or noticeable)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exhibit"):

bring home (make understandable and clear)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something

Derivation:

exhibitor (someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill

Example:

he exhibits a great talent

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "exhibit" is one way to...):

possess (have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exhibit"):

phosphoresce (to exhibit phosphorescence)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

exhibition (the act of exhibiting)

Credits

 Context examples: 

In addition to its oncolytic activity, Ad5-yCD/mutTK(SR39)rep-ADP may exhibit radiosensitizing activity.

(Ad5-yCD/mutTK(SR39)rep-ADP, NCI Thesaurus)

However, the killing exhibited by the cell is nonspecific and the cell does not require antigen/MHC recognition on the target cell.

(Activated Natural Killer Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Cthulhu’s geology exhibits a wide variety of landscapes—from mountainous to smooth, and to heavily cratered and fractured.

(Methane Snow on Pluto’s Peaks, NASA)

It was found that mice directly injected with NPGL exhibited a voracious appetite.

(New Appetite Control Mechanism Found in Brain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In regard to function, neurons in the 3D brain-like tissue exhibited electrical activity and responsiveness that mimic signals seen in the intact brain, including a typical electrophysiological response pattern to a neurotoxin.

(Bioengineers create functional 3D brain-like tissue, NIH)

G1.9+0.3 belongs to the Type Ia category, an important class of supernovas exhibiting reliable patterns in their brightness that make them valuable tools for measuring the rate at which the universe is expanding.

(Trigger for Milky Way’s Youngest Supernova Identified, NASA)

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first clear evidence that Saturn's moon Enceladus exhibits signs of present-day hydrothermal activity which may resemble that seen in the deep oceans on Earth.

(Spacecraft Data Suggest Saturn Moon's Ocean May Harbor Hydrothermal Activity, NASA)

These mice did not have the gene changes that lead to heart failure as seen in mice lacking GR, while simultaneously exhibiting a gain in function of genes that protect the heart.

(Healthy hearts need two proteins working together, National Institutes of Health)

This strain has a average life span of two years and exhibits poor breeding performance and low litter size.

(ACI/Seg, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

The fruit also contains high amounts of the flavone velutin which exhibits potent anti-inflammatory properties.

(Acai Berry Juice, NCI Thesaurus)