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exhibition

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ɛksɪˈbɪʃən

Definitions

  1. An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited
  2. An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
  3. A large-scale public showing of objects or products
  4. A large-scale public showing of objects or products.
  5. A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative
  6. A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative.
  7. A demonstration of personal skill or feelings
  8. A demonstration of personal skill or feelings.
  9. A financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school or university, usually on the basis of academic merit
  10. A financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school or university, usually on the basis of academic merit.
  11. A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition.

Equivalents

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Azərbaycan dilisərgi
Българскиизложба
Catalàexposició
Esperantoekspozicio
Eestinäitus
Gàidhligtaisbeanadh
עבריתתערוכה
Íslenskasýning
Қазақ тілікөрме
ភាសាខ្មែរពិព័រណ៍
Кыргызчакөргөзмө
Lietuviųparoda
Latviešuizstādeskate
Македонскиизложба
Монголүзэсгэлэн
Bahasa Melayupameran
မြန်မာပြပွဲ
Nederlandstentoonstelling
Slovenčinavýstava
Slovenščinarazstava
Türkçeekspozelansesergiteşhir
Tiếng Việttriển lãm

Examples

There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.”
“a boat exhibition
“a shameful exhibition
“a disgusting exhibition
Well I made some exhibition, I lost my will to eat / The only thing that matters to me is to touch your lotus feet
“"I could not have believed," remarked Francesca, "had I not witnessed it since my residence in your country, how the reality and the affectation of feeling can exist together. Before I left our solitary home, the very exhibition of emotion would have tempted me to doubt its truth. Now, I observe that some affect, as others shun, display; yet the feeling is equally true in both."”
“He was a scholarship boy who had won an Exhibition to Oxford, and then, like so many others, had found himself thrown upon the slave market of pedagogy.”
Despite a couple of rustications, he gained an exhibition to Cambridge.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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