Expose (Verb)
Meaning 1
Reveal to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 2
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".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 3
Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 4
Expose to light, of photographic film.
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The photographic film needed to be carefully loaded into the camera to avoid exposing it to light.
- When the film was accidentally exposed to light, the entire roll was ruined.
- To prevent overexposure, photographers often use special covers to shade their film from harsh light.
- After developing the film, the photographer found that several frames had been exposed to too much light.
- The mistake of exposing the film to light cost the photographer all of her vacation pictures.
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Meaning 5
Expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 6
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"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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- Spring
- Muckrake
- Blab
- Reveal
- Spill The Beans
- Bewray
- Peach
- Babble Out
- Tattle
- Betray
- Sing
- Let The Cat Out Of The Bag
- Blow
- Talk
- Come Out Of The Closet
- Come Out
- Blackwash
- Confide
- Leak
- Blab Out
- Out
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Meaning 7
Abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 8
Expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The comedian's sharp wit managed to expose the politician's hypocrisy on live television, leaving the audience in stitches.
- A fact-checking journalist expose the company's false advertising claims as nothing more than a clever marketing ploy.
- The group of hackers worked tirelessly to expose the security flaws in the new operating system, shaming the developers in the process.
- A satirical article was written to expose the ridiculousness of the self-proclaimed guru's pseudoscientific theories on wellness.
- The blogger's scathing review expose the bestselling author's lack of actual expertise on the subject matter, much to the amusement of readers.