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UK
/ɛksɪbˈɪʃən/
]
[ US /ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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the act of exhibiting
a remarkable exhibition of musicianship - a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
How To Use exhibition In A Sentence
- Clearly the megalosaurus in the opening passage of Bleak House is a flight of hyperbolic fancy (inspired, I would guess, by the papier-mâché dinosaurs constructed for the Crystal Palace Exhibition, a couple of years earlier).
- IHSB: The way to describe the first pro season for the most oddly named man alive (Allen Lorenz Pollock = A.J. Pollock?) is solid but unspectacular, which is disappointing given that the organization expected him to rip through Mid-A South Bend given that Midwest League Competition wasn't foreign to Pollock, given that Notre Dame plays an exhibition game against the SilverHawks at the beginning of each season. AZ Snakepit
- Yet as a wartime document the exhibition feels fresh and alive. Times, Sunday Times
- At fourteen he was sent to the University of Glasgow, where he came under the influence of Francis Hutcheson, and in 1740 he went up to Oxford as Snell exhibitioner at Balliol College, remaining there till 1746. Introductory Note
- The Museum is looking to host exhibitions that celebrate major technological breakthroughs and the people behind them.
- On the occasion of his 95th birthday, the city of Paris celebrates his work with an exhibition in the hall of the Hôtel-de-Ville, retracing 75 years of his career, with stories and reminiscences by the artist.
- Forming the pivot of the exhibition is a large group of watercolours.
- The exhibition is testimony to the common themes that bind them and yet the unmistakeably individual genius and style of each.
- The result is a species of amphitheatric arena, in which any of the dramatic exhibitions, that are so pleasing to this spectacle-loving nation, may be enacted. Recollections of Europe
- The essay is finally delivered and the exhibition is a success. The Times Literary Supplement