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exhibition

/ˌeksəˈbɪʃən/ek-suh-BIH-shuhn
/ˌɛksəˈbɪʃən/ek-suh-BIH-shuhn

Meaninga holding out

Common meaning: a public display of works or items

‘out’ + ‘to have, hold’ → exhibition

Journey through time

  1. Latinhabeō, habuī, habitum‘to have, hold’
  2. Englishexhibition‘a public display of works or items’ · today

ex- also in: exitexactexaltexertexpel

hib also in: habitathabitushabitable

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin habeō ‘to have, hold; to keep’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry habeō, p. 833 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

habitablehabitathabitusinhabit

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