Word a Day
exhibit
What does exhibit mean?
exhibit (verb): show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use exhibit in a sentence?
- He exhibits a great talent. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce exhibit?
/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does exhibit come from?
From Latin exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibeō (“to hold forth, present, show, display”), from ex (“out of, from”) + habeō (“to have, hold”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to exhibit
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “exhibit” mean?
to make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy
Not quite: that's what upset means.
show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill
Right! That's what “exhibit” means.
to appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as
Not quite: that's what seem means.
to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
Not quite: that's what pick means.
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