exhibition game
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3.3
- noun
- /ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃən ɡeɪm/
- US
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partido de exhibición
- The basketball team played an exhibition game to showcase their skills before the season started.
- play exhibition games
- the first exhibition game
- team played an exhibition game
Examples
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In the team's first exhibition game, Charney gave the nod to freshman Ashlyn Landherr as the third guard.
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The Timbers will make a quick turnaround from Miami to face Atlas in an exhibition game at PGE Park.
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It's just a series of exhibition games.
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It's gonna be great because we're gonna play an exhibition game.
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Our exhibition games have been going well.
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It's an exhibition game, mate!
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In the period preceding the tournament, an analysis was conducted of four exhibition games played by the team.
Academic text (1993) -
Basketball tips off against Saginaw Valley State tonight in their second exhibition game.
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The Portland Timbers have two attractive exhibition games scheduled next week, but first they have an important league match Saturday.
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An example happened in Saturday's exhibition game against the Knicks.
Blog text (5)
Synonyms
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2.1
An unofficial game played to improve skills and try new strategies
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7.0
A practice game played between members of the same team
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a non‑official or practice match' follows directly from combining 'exhibition' (a public demonstration) with 'game' (a sports contest): it denotes a game held as a demonstration rather than for official standings. This noun+noun compositional pattern is common and has close equivalents in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Exhibition game comes from the word exhibition, meaning a public show, and game, meaning a sports match, where teams play to show skills, try new players, or entertain fans. So an exhibition game is a match played for 'practice' or fun and is not counted in the 'official' rankings.