expo

[ek-spoh]

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noun, plural ex·pos. (often initial capital letter)

a world's fair or international exposition: Expo '67 in Montreal.
any exhibition or show: an annual computer expo.

Origin of expo

First recorded in 1960–65; by shortening

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Examples from the Web for expo

Contemporary Examples

The expo is introduced by Mayor Anne Hildalgo, who describes it as a “sensitive reading of the upheavals in French society.”
A History of Paris in 150 Photographs
Sarah Moroz
December 14, 2014
In Eloy's expo, there is a nod to Robinson, Galliano's man in the shadows smiling coyly at the stage door.
Paris' Sad Galliano Expo
Tracy McNicoll
June 21, 2011
Tracy McNicoll talks with photographer Grégoire Eloy, whose "Shadow of the Swan" expo is on display in Paris through July 31.
Paris' Sad Galliano Expo
Tracy McNicoll
June 21, 2011

Historical Examples

Thyrdely to ioyne our dede with the expo- sicion / & to shew that we onely dyd obserue the very entent of the lawe.
The Art or Crafte of Rhetoryke
Leonard Cox

British Dictionary definitions for expo

expo

noun plural -pos

short for exposition (def. 3)

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