exhibition

Etymology

From Old French exhibicion.

noun

1. An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
2. A large-scale public showing of objects or products.
   There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.
   a boat exhibition
3. A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative, a shameful exhibition or a disgusting exhibition
4. A demonstration of personal skill or feelings.
5. (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.
   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. 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 352
   Despite a couple of rustications, he gained an exhibition to Cambridge. 2016 November, Jonathan Meades, “Inside Job”, in Literary Review
6. (sports) A game which does not impact the standings for any major cup or competition.