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| expose | (n) the exposure of an impostor or a fraud, Syn. unmasking, Example: he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government |
| expose | (v) expose or make accessible to some action or influence, Example: Expose your students to art; expose the blanket to sunshine |
| expose | (v) to show, make visible or apparent, Syn. display, exhibit, Example: The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month; Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?; National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship |
| expose | (v) expose to light, of photographic film |
| expose | (v) abandon by leaving out in the open air, Example: The infant was exposed by the teenage mother; After Christmas, many pets get abandoned |
| exposition | (n) a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic, Syn. expounding |
| exposition | (n) an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse, Example: we would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background |
| exposition | (n) (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur |
| expositor | (n) a person who explains, Syn. expounder |
| expository | (adj) serving to expound or set forth, Syn. expositive, Example: clean expository writing |
| Exposal | n. Exposure. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Expose | v. t. Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them examined. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] You only expose the follies of men, without arraigning their vices. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Expose | ‖n. [ F., prop. p. p. of exposer. See Expose, v. t. ] A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| exposed | adj.
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| Exposedness | n. The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; |
| Exposer | n. One who exposes or discloses. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| Exposition | n. [ L. expositio, fr. exponere, expositum: cf. F. exposition. See Expound. ] You know the law; your exposition |
| Expositive | a. Serving to explain; expository. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Expositor | n. [ L. See Expound. ] One who, or that which, expounds or explains; an expounder; a commentator. Bp. Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ] |