exhibition

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The act or an instance of exhibiting.
2. n. Something exhibited; an exhibit.
3. n. A large-scale public showing, as of art objects or industrial or agricultural products.
4. n. Chiefly British A grant given to a scholar by a school or university.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The act of exhibiting or displaying for inspection; a showing or presenting to view.
2. n. The producing or showing of titles, authorities, or papers of any kind before a tribunal, in proof of facts; hence, in Scots law, an action for compelling delivery of writings.
3. n. That which is exhibited; a show; especially, a public show or display, as of natural or artificial productions, or of personal performances: as, an international or universal exhibition (of productions and manufactures); a school exhibition; an athletic or dramatic exhibition.
4. n. In medicine, the act of administering as a remedy: as, the exhibition of stimulants.
5. n. An allowance for subsistence; a provision of money or other things; stipend; pension.
6. n. Hence A benefaction settled for the maintenance of scholars in English universities, not depending on the foundation: in Scotland called a bursary.
7. n. Synonyms Exhibition, Exhibit, Exposition, Exposure, Exposé; manifestation. Exhibition is more general than exhibit, the latter expressing sometimes a section of the former. As contrasted with exposition, exhibition deals more often with visible things and exposition with things mental: as, an exhibition of machinery; an exposition of a text or doctrine of philosophy. Hence in part, perhaps, the disinclination of some to use exposition for a show. This new and French use of exposition, so far as it prevails, is limited to a large or international exhibition, a “world's fair.” Exposure expresses a laying open (as exposure to the sun, or a southern exposure), especially in some undesirable way, as to danger, unpleasant observation, etc. Exposé is not far from being synonymous with exhibit, being a formal exhibition of facts in detail for the information of those concerned, and sometimes the revelation in detail of things that it was desirable to keep secret: as, an exposé of certain tricks of the trade.

Wiktionary

1. n. An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
2. n. A large scale public showing of objects or products.
3. n. UK 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.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.
2. n. 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
3. n. (Eng. Univ.) Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars.
4. n. (Med.) The act of administering a remedy.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
2. n. the act of exhibiting