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# exhibition

«exhibition» in Mova's school dictionary: **A public show of things such as paintings, objects or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an exhibition, exhibitions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A public show of things such as paintings, objects or animals, often in a museum or gallery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhibition/#m1)

2) A display of a skill: «an exhibition of football». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhibition/#m2)

3) (UK, phrase) «make an exhibition of yourself»: behave foolishly in public. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhibition/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

At school there are art exhibitions, science fair exhibitions and trips to museum exhibitions. «On exhibition» means on show. An «exhibition match» is a sports game played for show, not for points. Rough idiom: «Don't make an exhibition of yourself!» means stop showing off or acting silly.

### examples

- Our paintings are in the school exhibition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhibition/#x1)
- We went to a dinosaur exhibition at the museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhibition/#x2)
- The exhibition opens on Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhibition/#x3)
- The new car is on exhibition at the show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhibition/#x4)
- That match was an exhibition of skill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhibition/#x5)
- Stop shouting — you're making an exhibition of yourself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhibition/#x6)
- Tickets for the exhibition cost five pounds for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhibition/#x7)
- Here was an exhibition of flowers, statues, books, and colored stuffs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhibition/#x8)

### note

Countable. Silent h: ex-ih-BISH-un. Verb: exhibit; a single item on show is also «an exhibit». In US English «exhibit» is also used for the whole show. Ticket problems: total cost = number of tickets × price.

### In the corpora

- [Many national museums and galleries in Britain are free to enter, paid for by taxes and donations; some charge for special exhibitions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «exhibition» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exhibition/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.