word-vault/dist/data/cards/ex/exhibit.json

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{
    "term": "exhibit",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "exhibit",
            "heSheIt": "exhibits"
        },
        "pastSimple": "exhibited",
        "pastParticiple": "exhibited",
        "ingForm": "exhibiting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to show something in a public place for people to enjoy or to give them information",
            "sensetop": "exhibit something (at/in…)exhibit (at/in…)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They will be exhibiting their new designs at the trade fairs.",
                    "contextForm": "exhibit something (at/in…)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Only one painting was exhibited in the artist's lifetime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He longed for the chance to exhibit his work publicly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She exhibits regularly in local art galleries.",
                    "contextForm": "exhibit (at/in…)"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to show clearly that you have or feel a particular quality, ability, feeling or symptom",
            "sensetop": "exhibit something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The patient exhibited signs of fatigue and memory loss."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The three novels exhibit a growing confidence in the author's use of language."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "display"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/",
                "audio": "ex/exhibit/exhibit__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪbɪts/",
                "audio": "ex/exhibit/exhibits__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ex/exhibit/exhibited__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/exhibit/exhibiting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/",
                "audio": "ex/exhibit/exhibit__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪbɪts/",
                "audio": "ex/exhibit/exhibits__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ex/exhibit/exhibited__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ex/exhibit/exhibiting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘submit for consideration’, also ‘present a document as evidence in court’): from Latin exhibit- ‘held out’, from the verb exhibere, from ex- ‘out’ + habere ‘hold’."
}