Exhibit vs. Exposition
Exhibitverb
(transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
Exhibitverb
(transitive) To demonstrate.
Exhibitverb
To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
Exhibitverb
(intransitive) To put on a public display.
Exhibitverb
(medicine) To administer as a remedy.
Exhibitnoun
An instance of exhibiting.
Exhibitnoun
That which is exhibited.
Exhibitnoun
A public showing; an exhibition.
Exhibitnoun
(legal) An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
Exhibitverb
To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery.
Exhibitverb
To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.
Exhibitverb
To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.
Exhibitnoun
Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit.
Exhibitnoun
A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.
Exhibitnoun
an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence
Exhibitnoun
something shown to the public;
Exhibitverb
show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill;
Exhibitverb
to show, make visible or apparent;
Exhibitverb
show or demonstrate something to an interested audience;
Exhibitverb
walk ostentatiously;
Expositionnoun
The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
Expositionnoun
(authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements.
Expositionnoun
(obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
Expositionnoun
An event at which goods, artwork and cultural displays are open for the public to view.
Expositionnoun
(authorship) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
Expositionnoun
(authorship) An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
Expositionnoun
(music) The opening section of a fugue; the opening section of a movement in sonata form
Expositionnoun
The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.
Expositionnoun
The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.
Expositionnoun
The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary.
Expositionnoun
Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun.
Expositionnoun
A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878.
Expositionnoun
a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic
Expositionnoun
a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
Expositionnoun
an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse;
Expositionnoun
a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory
Expositionnoun
the part of a movement, especially in sonata form, in which the principal themes are first presented.
Expositionnoun
a large public exhibition of art or trade goods
Expositionnoun
the action of making something public
