Exposition
[ekspə'zɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɛkspə'zɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic.
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Definition
(n.) The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Exposure, disclosing, laying open.[2]. Explanation, interpretation, elucidation, explication, EXPOS?/span>.[3]. Exhibition, show, display.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See EXPONENT_and_EXPLANATION]
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Unserious Contents or Definition
An overgrown Department Store, usually opened a year or two behind time.
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Examples
- Among the exhibits of that Exposition was the Edison system of incandescent lighting. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- After the exposition closed the outfit was taken during the same year to the exposition at Louisville, Kentucky, where it was also successful, carrying a large number of passengers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- What is called Fabian Socialism, the exposition of socialism by the London Fabian Society, makes its appeal to reasonable men of all classes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His machine was shown at the Paris Exposition of 1867, and was awarded a gold medal, and Howe himself was given the ribbon of the French Legion of Honor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- For this invention Montgolfier obtained a Gold Medal from the French Exposition of 1802. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Dowsing, one of the pioneers of electric cooking, exhibited electric cookers and heaters at the Crystal Palace Electrical Exposition in London, was much interest manifested. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Had Dom Pedro lived to see the Panama-Pacific Exposition he might have listened to Professor Bell talking not merely from the other end of a room, but from the other side of a continent. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I had nothing to offer in reply to this exposition and therefore took my leave. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Directly opposite the main door is a beautiful marble statue purchased by Edison at the Paris Exposition in 1889, on the occasion of his visit there. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Somewhat akin to this is a shrewd comment on one feature of the Exposition: I spent several days in the Exposition at Paris. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I had only a very short period in which to get it ready and put it on a steamer to reach the Exposition in time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This Exposition brings us, indeed, to a dramatic and rather pathetic parting of the ways. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The Yerkes telescope, which was exhibited at the World’s Fair Exposition in 1893, at Chicago, had an object glass of 3. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Only two months after the day on which the telephone had actually talked for the first time the Centennial Exposition opened in Philadelphia. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We must let Edison tell the story of some of his experiences: At the Universal Exposition at Paris, in 1889, I made a personal exhibit covering about an acre. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I had a greater anxiety to see these men than I could have had to see twenty expositions. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This machine was exhibited at the Panama Expositions in 1915. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was a noble array of woodwork and machinery with which the nations surprised and greeted the world, at each of its notable international Expositions during the century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Array of Wood-working Machinery at International Expositions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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