Entry Word: exhibition

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a public showing of objects of interest <an exhibition of valuable and fascinating artifacts from a recovered pirate ship>

Synonyms display, exhibit, exposition, fair, show

Related Words demonstration, performance, presentation, production; extravaganza, pageant, spectacle; auction, offering, sale

2 an outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect <for the benefit of the crowd, the professional wrestler made a great exhibition of ferocity> — see show 1