Advertisement
Advertisement
expose
1[ ik-spohz ]
verb (used with object)
- to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.:
to expose soldiers to gunfire;
to expose one's character to attack.
Synonyms: jeopardize, imperil, endanger, subject
- to lay open to something specified:
to expose oneself to the influence of bad companions.
- to uncover or bare to the air, cold, etc.:
to expose one's head to the rain.
- to present to view; exhibit; display:
The storekeeper exposed his wares.
- to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).
- to reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.):
to expose a swindler.
- to hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).
- to desert in an unsheltered or open place; abandon, as a child.
- to subject, as to the action of something:
to expose a photographic plate to light.
exposé
2[ ek-spoh-zey ]
noun
- a public exposure or revelation, as of something discreditable:
Certain cheap magazines make a fortune out of sensational exposés.
exposé
1/ ɛksˈpəʊzeɪ /
noun
- the act or an instance of bringing a scandal, crime, etc, to public notice
- an article, book, or statement that discloses a scandal, crime, etc
expose
2/ ɪkˈspəʊz /
verb
- to display for viewing; exhibit
- to bring to public notice; disclose; reveal
to expose the facts
- to divulge the identity of; unmask
- foll by to to make subject or susceptible (to attack, criticism, etc)
- to abandon (a child, animal, etc) in the open to die
- foll by to to introduce (to) or acquaint (with)
he was exposed to the classics at an early age
- photog to subject (a photographic film or plate) to light, X-rays, or some other type of actinic radiation
- RC Church to exhibit (the consecrated Eucharistic Host or a relic) for public veneration
- expose oneselfto display one's sexual organs in public
Derived Forms
- exˈposal, noun
- exˈposer, noun
- exˈposable, adjective
Other Words From
- ex·posa·ble adjective
- ex·posa·bili·ty noun
- ex·poser noun
- self-ex·posing adjective
- unex·posa·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of expose1
Word History and Origins
Origin of expose1
Idioms and Phrases
- expose oneself, to exhibit one's body, especially one's genitals, publicly in an immodest or exhibitionistic manner.
Example Sentences
In 2016, São Paulo accidentally exposed the medical information of 365,000 patients from the public health system.
It’s exposing the cost structure, and we need to evaluate how much you can charge for food.
So far in 2020, the highest converting articles from LinkedIn are a piece on how the economic crisis will expose a decade’s worth of corporate fraud, and one on the gulf between the stock market and the real economy.
TV ratings have long served as the only way networks could tell advertisers how many and, broadly, what type of viewers were exposed to their ads.
Keep in mind that the towels will shrink slightly after they’re first exposed to water.
Shirtless bros with pillowy lips and cargo pants pulled down to expose tufts of pubic hair.
When MTV first started airing The Real World, it was meant to expose the brutal truth about human nature.
However, this practice does potentially expose hunters to the pathogens carried on these animals.
Drones need be matched with deeds that expose the false precepts of Al Qaeda's narrative.
He praised Snowden for having the “balls” to expose the crimes of the NSA.
He should give the bailee notice of all the faults in the thing bailed that would expose him to danger or loss in keeping it.
The pair told Ritter what they thought of him, and each declared that he was going to expose the bully to Captain Putnam.
Biggert was killed because he was about to expose somebody who had forged that check which is lying on your desk.
In old times he would have been exposed as soon as he came into the world; and to expose him would have been a kindness.
Each reindeer had fought too many battles to expose himself to such blows.
Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse