Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Exposition \Ex`po*si"tion\, n. [L. expositio, fr. exponere,
expositum: cf. F. exposition. See {Expound}.]
1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or
displaying to public view.
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2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or
meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation;
interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or
the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing
explanations or interpretations; a commentary.
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You know the law; your exposition
Hath been most sound. --Shak.
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3. Situation or position with reference to direction of view
or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.;
exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the
sun. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.
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4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic
productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A
Gallicism]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exposition
n 1: a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually
written) of a specific topic [syn: {exposition},
{expounding}]
2: a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for
public display [syn: {exhibition}, {exposition}, {expo}]
3: an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing
or discourse; "we would have understood the play better if
there had been some initial exposition of the background"
4: (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form)
where the major musical themes first occur
From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]:
exposition
exhibition; exposition
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
exposition /ɛkspozisjɔ̃/
exhibition
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
