a public display of works of art or items of interest, held in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair

an exhibition of French sculpture

he never lent his treasures out for exhibition

a display or demonstration of a skill

fields which have been ploughed with a supreme exhibition of the farm worker's skills

(in sport) a game whose outcome does not affect a team's standing, typically one played before the start of a regular season

an exhibition match

a scholarship awarded to a student at a school or university, usually after a competitive examination

Brasenose awarded him a senior Hulme exhibition