Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exhibition"

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) 1.7 (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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