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 Definitions of expose  [ɪkˈspoʊz]  

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Definition of 'expose' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) expose
to lay open to danger, attack, or harm:
exposing soldiers to gunfire; to expose people to disease.

2.  expose
to uncover; bare:
to expose one's head to the rain.

3.  expose
to present to view; exhibit.

4.  expose
to make known; reveal:
exposed her intentions.

5.  expose
to bring to light; unmask:
to expose a swindler.

6.  expose
to desert in an unprotected place; abandon.

7.  expose
to subject, as to the action of something:
to expose a photographic plate to light.

Etymology:  (1425–75; late ME < OF exposer=ex-ex -1+poser to put (see pose1), see expound)

Definition of 'expose' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) expose, unmasking
the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
"he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"

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

3. (verb) unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
"The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"

4. (verb) expose, exhibit, display
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"

5. (verb) uncover, expose
remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
"uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"

6. (verb) disclose, expose
disclose to view as by removing a cover
"The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"

7. (verb) queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

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

9. (verb) debunk, expose
expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
"The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"

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


Definition of 'expose' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) expose
to show people secret information
to expose political corruption

2.  expose
to uncover sth hidden; = reveal
His shirt ripped, exposing a long scar on his back.

3.  expose
expose yourself
to show your sexual organs in public in a way that offends others

4.  expose
to allow to be affected by sth harmful
Exposing the plant to too much sun can harm it.; video games that expose children to violence

5.  expose
to give sb a positive experience
programs that expose city kids to environmental issues

6.  expose
to allow light onto film, resulting in a photograph
***to expose the film


Definition of 'expose' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) expose
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

2. (verb) expose
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

3. (verb) expose
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

4. (verb) expose
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

5. (verb) expose
a formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed


Translation of 'expose' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to uncover; to leave unprotected from (eg weather, danger, observation etc)
Paintings should not be exposed to direct sunlight; Don't expose children to danger.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: blootstel Arabic flag Arabic: يُعَرِّض، يَكْشِف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: откривам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: expor Czech flag Czech: vystavit German flag German: aussetzen
Danish flag Danish: afdække; blotlægge; udsæt Greek flag Greek: εκθέτω, αποκαλύπτω Spanish flag Spanish: exponer
Estonian flag Estonian: paljaks jätma, kaitsetuks Farsi flag Farsi: در معرض قرار دادن؛ بی پنا Finnish flag Finnish: altistaa
French flag French: exposer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לַחֲשוֹף ל- Hindi flag Hindi: खोलना
Croatian flag Croatian: izlagati Hungarian flag Hungarian: kitesz Indonesian flag Indonesian: menghadapkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: láta óvarinn; stofna í hæ Italian flag Italian: esporre Japanese flag Japanese: さらす
Korean flag Korean: 드러내다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (iš)statyti, palikti neap Latvian flag Latvian: pakļaut (saules, vēja u.
Malay flag Malay: dedah Dutch flag Dutch: blootstellen Norwegian flag Norwegian: avsløre; utsette (for), e
Polish flag Polish: wystawiać (na działanie) Persian flag Persian: در معرض قرار دادن؛ بی پنا Pashto flag Pashto: په درشل كى كيښودل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: expor Romanian flag Romanian: a expune Russian flag Russian: подвергать действию
Slovak flag Slovak: vystaviť Slovenian flag Slovenian: izpostaviti Serbian flag Serbian: izložiti
Swedish flag Swedish: utsätta, exponera Thai flag Thai: เปิดเผยออกมา Turkish flag Turkish: açıkta/meydanda/maruz bır
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 曝露 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: залишати беззахисним; під Urdu flag Urdu: کھلا ، بچاؤ کے بغیر چھوڑ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phơi bày Chinese flag Chinese: 暴露

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