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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exhibition \Ex`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. exhibitio a delivering: cf F. exhibition.] 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. 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. 3. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars. What maintenance he from his friends receives, Like exhibition thou shalt have from me --Shak. I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my days, than to the priests. --Tyndale. 4. (Med.) The act of administering a remedy. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exhibition n 1: the act of exhibiting; "a remarkable exhibition of musicianship" 2: a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display [syn: {exposition}, {expo}]
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