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exhibition

noun
/ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/

Etymology

From Old French exhibicion. Equivalent to exhibit + -ion.

  1. borrowed from exhibitus
  2. suffixed as exhibition — “exhibit + ion”

Definitions

  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. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A demonstration of personal skill or feelings.

    2. A financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school…

      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.

    3. A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition.

    4. To participate in sexual exhibitionism.

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Derived

exhibition game, exhibitiongoer, exhibition-goer, exhibition hall, exhibitionism, exhibitionist, exhibitionistic, exhibitionize, exhibition match, Exhibition Road, make an exhibition of oneself, nonexhibition, reexhibition, sexhibition

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at exhibition. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at exhibition. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at exhibition

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA