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exposition
[ ek-spuh-zish-uhn ]
noun
- a large-scale public exhibition or show, as of art or manufactured products:
an exposition of 19th-century paintings; an automobile exposition.
Synonyms: presentation, display, demonstration, exhibit
- 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.
Synonyms: elucidation, explication, exegesis, interpretation, critique, commentary
- 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.
exposition
/ ˌɛkspəˈzɪʃən /
noun
- 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
Derived Forms
- ˌexpoˈsitional, adjective
Other Words From
- expo·sition·al adjective
- preex·po·sition noun
- reex·po·sition noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of exposition1
Word History and Origins
Origin of exposition1
Example Sentences
Foreign policy briefing Today’s WorldView and a suite of 202-branded politics newsletters contain more analysis and exposition from their authors.
It’s not Old’s constant exposition that’s the problem so much as the unending, clunky over-explanation.
According to a Rolling Stone profile of Thompson, the filmmakers determined the moment distracted from the scene’s exposition.
My 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.
Tali, who is now untethered from exposition duty, gets the best loyalty mission in the game.
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.
The New American Commentary: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture, Volume 1A, Genesis 1-11:26.
Those 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.
To guide his mind into the channel of the printed exposition, he calls into play the Directory power of the attention.
Martin Falleix obtained a brevet for invention and a gold medal at the Exposition of 1824.
Following description, in order of difficulty, come exposition and argument.
The expression of such thoughts would be exposition, although it might contain a number of stories and descriptions.
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