exposition
a large-scale public exhibition or show, as of art or manufactured products: an exposition of 19th-century paintings; an automobile exposition.
the act of expounding, setting forth, or explaining: the exposition of a point of view.
writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain; a detailed statement or explanation; explanatory treatise: The students prepared expositions on familiar essay topics.
the act of presenting to view; display: The singer gave a splendid exposition of vocal talent.
the state of being uncovered, revealed, or otherwise exposed; exposure.
Music. the first section of a fugue or a sonata form, in which the principal themes normally are introduced.
(in a play, novel, etc.) dialogue, description, etc., that gives the audience or reader the background of the characters and the present situation.
Origin of exposition
1Other words for exposition
Other words from exposition
- ex·po·si·tion·al, adjective
- pre·ex·po·si·tion, noun
- re·ex·po·si·tion, noun
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How to use exposition in a sentence
Foreign policy briefing Today’s WorldView and a suite of 202-branded politics newsletters contain more analysis and exposition from their authors.
The Washington Post wants three minutes of your morning to read (or listen to) its newsletter | Sara Guaglione | September 8, 2021 | DigidayIt’s not Old’s constant exposition that’s the problem so much as the unending, clunky over-explanation.
M. Night Shyamalan returns with Old, a floppy but haunting thriller about aging | Alissa Wilkinson | July 23, 2021 | VoxAccording to a Rolling Stone profile of Thompson, the filmmakers determined the moment distracted from the scene’s exposition.
How Loki's Bisexuality Fits Into the History of LGBTQ+ Representation in the MCU | Eliana Dockterman | June 23, 2021 | TimeMy favorite ranks this low in the first game mostly because she suffers from having to be an exposition machine for two entire races — the Quarians and the Geth.
Every ‘Mass Effect’ squadmate, ranked from a storytelling perspective | Jhaan Elker | June 4, 2021 | Washington PostTali, who is now untethered from exposition duty, gets the best loyalty mission in the game.
Every ‘Mass Effect’ squadmate, ranked from a storytelling perspective | Jhaan Elker | June 4, 2021 | Washington Post
All this shows the real problem when telling the story of geniuses: exposition.
In the hands of a lessor actor, she might have even seemed like an exposition machine.
Recently, ProPublica wrote a deep and haunting exposition on the re-segregation of schools in the South, including Tuscaloosa.
How Charter Schools and Testing Regimes Have Helped Re-Segregate Our Schools | Sally Kohn | May 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe New American Commentary: An Exegetical and Theological exposition of Holy Scripture, Volume 1A, Genesis 1-11:26.
The Backstory of ‘Noah’ Is Full of Giants, Horny Angels, and a Grieving God | Tim Townsend | March 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThose bored by exposition who like action and dialogue written in the present tense will eat these up.
"Chanson," exhibited at the Paris exposition, 1900, displays something of the same quality.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementTo guide his mind into the channel of the printed exposition, he calls into play the Directory power of the attention.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Martin Falleix obtained a brevet for invention and a gold medal at the exposition of 1824.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheFollowing description, in order of difficulty, come exposition and argument.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterThe expression of such thoughts would be exposition, although it might contain a number of stories and descriptions.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
British Dictionary definitions for exposition
/ (ˌɛkspəˈzɪʃən) /
a systematic, usually written statement about, commentary on, or explanation of a specific subject
the act of expounding or setting forth information or a viewpoint
a large public exhibition, esp of industrial products or arts and crafts
the act of exposing or the state of being exposed
the part of a play, novel, etc, in which the theme and main characters are introduced
music the first statement of the subjects or themes of a movement in sonata form or a fugue
RC Church the exhibiting of the consecrated Eucharistic Host or a relic for public veneration
Origin of exposition
1Derived forms of exposition
- expositional, adjective
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