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ex·pose
(ĭk-spōz′)tr.v. ex·posed, ex·pos·ing, ex·pos·es
1.
a. To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition: exposed themselves to disease; exposed their children to classical music.
b. To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
c. To deprive of shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm: troops that were exposed to gunfire.
2. To make visible: Cleaning exposed the grain of the wood. See Synonyms at show.
3.
a. To make known (something discreditable).
b. To reveal the guilt or wrongdoing of: expose a criminal.
4. To engage in indecent exposure of (oneself).
[Middle English exposen, from Old French exposer, alteration (influenced by poser, to put, place) of Latin expōnere, to set forth; see expound.]
ex·pos′er n.
ex·po·sé
(ĕk′spō-zā′)n.
1. An exposure or a revelation of something discreditable.
2. A formal exposition of facts.
[French, past participle of exposer, to expose, from Old French; see expose.]
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expose
(ɪkˈspəʊz)vb (tr)
1. to display for viewing; exhibit
2. to bring to public notice; disclose; reveal: to expose the facts.
3. to divulge the identity of; unmask
4. (foll by to) to make subject or susceptible (to attack, criticism, etc)
5. to abandon (a child, animal, etc) in the open to die
6. (foll by to) to introduce (to) or acquaint (with): he was exposed to the classics at an early age.
7. (Photography) photog to subject (a photographic film or plate) to light, X-rays, or some other type of actinic radiation
8. (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church to exhibit (the consecrated Eucharistic Host or a relic) for public veneration
9. expose oneself to display one's sexual organs in public
[C15: from Old French exposer, from Latin expōnere to set out; see exponent]
exˈposable adj
exˈposal n
exˈposer n
exposé
(ɛksˈpəʊzeɪ)n
1. the act or an instance of bringing a scandal, crime, etc, to public notice
2. (Journalism & Publishing) an article, book, or statement that discloses a scandal, crime, etc
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ex•pose
(ɪkˈspoʊz)v.t. -posed, -pos•ing.
1. to lay open to danger, attack, or harm: exposing soldiers to gunfire; to expose people to disease.
2. to uncover; bare: to expose one's head to the rain.
3. to present to view; exhibit.
4. to make known; reveal: exposed her intentions.
5. to bring to light; unmask: to expose a swindler.
6. to desert in an unprotected place; abandon.
7. to subject, as to the action of something: to expose a photographic plate to light.
[1425–75; late Middle English < Old French exposer=ex- ex-1 + poser to put (see pose1), see expound]
ex•pos′a•ble, adj.
ex•pos`a•bil′i•ty, n.
ex•pos′er, n.
ex•po•sé
(ˌɛk spoʊˈzeɪ)n.
a public revelation, as of something discreditable: a magazine exposé of political corruption.
[1795–1805; < French, n. use of past participle of exposer to expose]
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expose
Past participle: exposed
Gerund: exposing
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| Noun | 1. |  expose - the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"exposure - the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans" |
| Verb | 1. | expose - expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine" subject - cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" ventilate - expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage; "Wheat should be well ventilated" insolate, sun, solarise, solarize - expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These herbs suffer when sunned" overexpose - expose excessively; "As a child, I was overexposed to French movies" underexpose - expose insufficiently; "The child was underexposed to language" |
| 2. |  expose - 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"blackwash - bring (information) out of concealment muckrake - explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking" blow - cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side" out - reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent" come out of the closet, out, come out - to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year" spring - produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving" get around, get out, break - be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning" confide - reveal in private; tell confidentially leak - tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper" babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, tattle, babble, talk, sing - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late" reveal - disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" | |
| 3. | expose - 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" show - make visible or noticeable; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please" open - display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer bring forth, produce - bring out for display; "The proud father produced many pictures of his baby"; "The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him" hold up - hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration bench - exhibit on a bench; "bench the poodles at the dog show" moon - expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience" flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank, flash - display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car" brandish - exhibit aggressively; "brandish a sword" model - display (clothes) as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion" | |
| 4. |  expose - remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"undrape - strip something of drapery unclothe - take the covers off; "She unclothed her innermost feelings" bare - lay bare; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings" unmask - take the mask off; "unmask the imposter" unveil - remove the veil from; "Women must not unveil themselves in public in Islamic societies" | |
| 5. | expose - disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" face - turn so as to expose the face; "face a playing card" | |
| 6. | expose - put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position affect, bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, touch - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" compromise - expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy" | |
| 7. | expose - expose to light, of photographic film photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs subject - cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" overexpose - expose to too much light; "the photographic film was overexposed and there is no image" underexpose - expose to too little light; "The film is underexposed, so the image is very dark" | |
| 8. | expose - expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" | |
| 9. | expose - 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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expose
verb
1. uncover, show, reveal, display, exhibit, present, unveil, manifest, lay bare, take the wraps off, put on view He pulled up his t-shirt, exposing his white belly.
uncover cover, protect, screen, hide, shelter, mask, shield, conceal
uncover cover, protect, screen, hide, shelter, mask, shield, conceal
2. reveal, disclose, uncover, air, detect, betray, show up, denounce, unearth, let out, divulge, unmask, lay bare, make known, bring to light, out (informal), smoke out, blow wide open (slang) After the scandal was exposed, he committed suicide.
reveal cover, hide, conceal, keep secret
reveal cover, hide, conceal, keep secret
3. make vulnerable, risk, subject, endanger, hazard, leave open, jeopardize, put at risk, imperil, lay open people exposed to high levels of radiation
expose someone to something introduce to, acquaint with, bring into contact with, familiarize with, make familiar with, make conversant with when women from these societies become exposed to Western culture
expose yourself show your genitals, flash (informal), display your genitals Smith admitted indecently exposing himself on Wimbledon Common.
exposé
noun exposure, revelation, uncovering, disclosure, divulgence The movie is an exposé of prison conditions in the South.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
expose
verb1. To lay open, as to something undesirable or injurious:
Idiom: open the door to.
2. To make visible; bring to view:
Archaic: discover.
Idioms: bring to light, lay open, make plain.
4. To make a public and usually ostentatious show of:
exposé
nounSomething disclosed, especially something not previously known or realized:
Informal: eye opener.
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Translations
يُعَرِّض، يَكْشِفيَكْتَشِف، يَكْشِفُ عَنيَلْتَقِط صورا فوتوغرافِيَّه
afdækkeafslørebelyseblotlæggeeksponere
exponál
láta óvarinn; stofna í hættuleiîa í ljós; fletta ofan aflÿsa, taka mynd á
išstatymaskadrasneapsaugojimaspalikti neapsaugotą
atklātatmaskotatstāt neaizsargātueksponēt, apgaismot
exponovať
izpostavitirazkriti
açığa çıkarmakaçıkta/meydanda/maruz bırakmakışığa tutmakışıklamak
expose
[ɪksˈpəʊz] VT (= uncover) → dejar al descubierto; (= leave unprotected) → exponer; (= display) → exponer, presentar (Phot) → exponer (fig) (= reveal) [+ plot, crime] → poner al descubierto; [+ criminal, imposter] → desenmascarar; [+ weakness, one's ignorance] → revelar, poner en evidenciato be exposed to view → estar a la vista de todos
to expose one's head to the sun → exponer la cabeza al sol
to expose sb/o.s. to ridicule → poner a algn/ponerse en ridículo
to expose o.s. to [+ risk, danger] → exponerse a
to expose o.s (sexually) → hacer exhibicionismo
exposé
[ekˈspəʊzeɪ] N → exposición f, revelación fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
expose
[ɪkˈspəʊz] vt (= uncover) [+ thing] → exposer
(= unmask) [+ person] → démasquer; [+ scandal] → révéler
to expose sb as sth → confondre qn comme qch, démasquer qn comme étant qch
to expose sb as sth → confondre qn comme qch, démasquer qn comme étant qch
(= subject) to expose sb to sth [+ radiation, disease] → exposer qn à qch
to be exposed to sth [+ radiation, disease] → être exposé(e) à qch
to be exposed to sth [+ radiation, disease] → être exposé(e) à qch
(= enable to experience) to expose sb to an idea → exposer une idée à qn
to be exposed to sth [+ idea, feeling] → être exposé(e) à qch
to be exposed to sth [+ idea, feeling] → être exposé(e) à qch
exposé
[ɛksˈpəʊzeɪ] n → exposé man exposé of prison conditions → un exposé sur les conditions de vie dans les prisons
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
expose
vt
(= uncover) rocks, remains → freilegen; electric wire → freilegen; (fig) nerve → bloß legenor freilegen
(to danger, rain, sunlight, radiation) → aussetzen (→ to dat); not to be exposed to heat → vor Hitze (zu) schützen; to expose oneself to criticism → sich der Kritik aussetzen
(= display) one’s ignorance → offenbaren; one’s wounds → (vor)zeigen; to expose oneself (indecently) → sich entblößen; darling, you’re exposing yourself → du zeigst etwas (zu) viel, Liebling
(= reveal) abuse, treachery → aufdecken; scandal, plot → enthüllen, aufdecken; person, imposter, murderer, thief → entlarven; to expose somebody/something to the press → jdn/etw der Presse ausliefern
(Phot) → belichten
exposé
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expose
[ɪksˈpəʊz] vt (gen, also) (Phot) → esporre; (uncover) → scoprire; (sexual parts) → esibire (fig) (reveal, plot) → rivelare; (criminal) → smascherare; (one's ignorance) → mettere a nudoto be exposed to view → offrirsi alla vista
to expose sb/o.s. to ridicule → esporre qn/esporsi al ridicolo
to expose o.s. (indecently) → fare l'esibizionista
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
expose
(ikˈspəuz) verb1. 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.
2. to discover and make known (eg criminals or their activities). It was a newspaper that exposed his spying activities.
3. by releasing the camera shutter, to allow light to fall on (a photographic film).
exˈposure (-ʒə) noun1. (an) act of exposing or state of being exposed. Prolonged exposure of the skin to hot sun can be harmful.
2. one frame of a photographic film etc. I have two exposures left.
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ex·pose
vt. exponer, mostrar; expulsar bajo presión.
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expose
vt exponerEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.