Expose

[ɪk'spəʊz;ek-] or [ɪk'spoz]

Definition

(noun.) the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; 'he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government'.

(verb.) abandon by leaving out in the open air; 'The infant was exposed by the teenage mother'; 'After Christmas, many pets get abandoned'.

(verb.) expose or make accessible to some action or influence; 'Expose your students to art'; 'expose the blanket to sunshine'.

(verb.) expose to light, of photographic film.

(verb.) to show, make visible or apparent; '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'.

Typist: Murray--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

(v. t.) To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat.

(v. t.) To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor.

(v. t.) To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite.

(v. t.) A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Disclose, uncover, detect, descry, lay open, make bare, show up, bring to light.[2]. Exhibit, hold up to view.[3]. Subject, make liable.[4]. Endanger, jeopardize, put in danger, put in peril.

Inputed by Errol

Definition

v.t. to lay forth to view: to deprive of cover protection or shelter: to make bare: to abandon (an infant): to explain: to make liable to: to disclose: to show up.—ns. Expos (eks-pō-zā′) an exposing: a shameful showing up: a formal recital or exposition; Expos′edness the act of exposing: the state of being exposed; Expos′er; Exposi′tion act of exposing: a setting out to public view: the abandonment of a child: a public exhibition: act of expounding or laying open of the meaning of an author: explanation: commentary.—adj. Expos′itive serving to expose or explain: explanatory: exegetical.—n. Expos′itor one who or that which expounds: an interpreter:—fem. Expos′itress.—adj. Expos′itory serving to explain: explanatory.—n. Expō′sure (Shak. Expos′ture) act of laying open or bare: act of showing up an evil: state of being laid bare: openness to danger: position with regard to the sun influence of climate &c.

Inputed by Jeanine

Examples

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