exhibition

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ex=hi=bi=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

exhibition, n. [L. exhibitio a delivering: cf. F. exhibition.].

•  The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition.  [1913 Webster]
•  Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension.  [1913 Webster]

  "What maintenance he from his friends receives,
  Like exhibition thou shalt have from me."  [1913 Webster]

  "I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my days, than to the priests."  [1913 Webster]
•  The act of administering a remedy.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

exhibition, n.
1 a display (esp. public) of works of art, industrial products, etc.
2 the act or an instance of exhibiting; the state of being exhibited.
3 Brit. a scholarship, esp. from the funds of a school, college, etc.

Idiom

make an exhibition of oneself behave so as to appear ridiculous or foolish.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. LL exhibitio -onis (as EXHIBIT)

THESAURUS

exhibition

benefit, bill, blazon, bravura, brilliancy, cosmorama, cyclorama, daring, dash, debut, demo, demonstration, diorama, display, dramatics, eclat, enactment, entertainment, etalage, exhibit, exhibitionism, expo, exposition, exposure, fair, false front, fanfaronade, farewell performance, figure, flair, flaunt, flaunting, flesh show, flourish, georama, histrionics, light show, manifestation, myriorama, offering, opening, ostentation, pageant, pageantry, panorama, parade, performance, phantasmagoria, pomp, premiere, presentation, presentment, production, projection, psychedelic show, representation, retrospective, sham, shifting scene, show, showing, showing-off, sight, spectacle, splash, splurge, stage presentation, stage show, staginess, swan song, tableau, tableau vivant, theatrical performance, theatrics, tryout, unfolding, unfoldment, unveiling, varnishing day, vaunt, vernissage

ROGET THESAURUS

exhibition

Council

N council, committee, subcommittee, comitia, court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff, senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim, classis, Amphictyonic council, duma, house of representatives, legislative assembly, legislative council, riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate, court of appeal, board of control, board of works, vestry, county council, local board, audience chamber, council chamber, state chamber, cabinet council, privy council, cockpit, convocation, synod, congress, convention, diet, states-general, assembly, caucus, conclave, clique, conventicle, meeting, sitting, seance, conference, convention, exhibition, session, palaver, pourparler, durbar, house, quorum, council fire, powwow, primary, meeting, assemblage, member, senator, member of parliament, M, P, councilor, representative of the people, assemblyman, congressman, councilman, councilwoman, alderman, freeholder, senatorial, curule, congressional, parliamentary, legislative, law-making, regulatory, deliberative.

Ostentation

N ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, etalage, pomp, array, state, solemnity, dash, splash, splurge, glitter, strut, pomposity, pretense, pretensions, showing off, fuss, magnificence, splendor, coup d'oeil, grand doings, coup de theatre, stage effect, stage trick, claptrap, mise en scene, tour de force, chic, demonstration, flying colors, tomfoolery, flourish of trumpets, pageant, pageantry, spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession, turn out, set out, grand function, f=ete, gala, field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant, dress, court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy dress, tailoring, millinery, man millinery, frippery, foppery, equipage, ceremony, ceremonial, ritual, form, formality, etiquette, puncto, punctilio, punctiliousness, starched stateliness, stateliness, mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor, attitudinarian, fop, ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious, janty, jaunty, grand, pompous, palatial, high-sounding, turgid gairish, garish, gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip, flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering, gay, splendid, magnificent, sumptuous, theatrical, dramatic, spectacular, ceremonial, ritual, solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious, starched, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out, en granite tenue, in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanch_e, chic, with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum, with flying colors, ad captandum vulgus, honores mutant mores.

Manifestation

N manifestation, plainness, plain speaking, expression, showing, exposition, demonstration, exhibition, production, display, show, showing off, premonstration, exhibit, indication, publicity, disclosure, openness panchement, evidence, manifest, apparent, salient, striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced, flagrant, notorious, arrant, stark staring, unshaded, glaring, defined, definite, distinct, conspicuous, obvious, evident, unmistakable, indubitable, not to be mistaken, palpable, self-evident, autoptical, intelligible, plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday, plain as a pike staff, plain as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as the way to parish church, explicit, overt, patent, express, ostensible, open, open as day, naked, bare, literal, downright, undisguised, exoteric, unreserved, frank, plain-spoken, candid (veracious), barefaced, manifested, disclosed, capable of being shown, producible, inconcealable, unconcealable, no secret, manifestly, openly, before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face to face, above board, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets, in market overt, in the face of day, face of heaven, in broad daylight, in open daylight, without reserve, at first blush, prima facie, on the face of, in set terms, cela saute aux yeux, he that runs may read, you can see it with half an eye, it needs no ghost to tell us, the meaning lies on the surface, cela va sans dire, res ipsa loquitur, clothing the palpable and familiar, fari quae sentiat, volto sciolto i pensieri stretti, you don't need a weatherman to know which way the.