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Webster 1913 Edition

Expose

Ex-pose′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Exposed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Exposing
.]
[F.
exposer
; pref.
ex-
(L.
ex
out)+
poser
to place. See
Pose
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display;
as, to
expose
goods for sale; to
expose
pictures to public inspection.
Those who seek truth only, freely
expose
their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them examined.
Locke.
2.
To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable;
as, to
expose
one’s self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to
expose
an army to destruction or defeat.
Expose
thyself to feel what wretches feel.
Shakespeare
3.
To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like;
as, to
expose
the faults of a neighbor
.
You only
expose
the follies of men, without arraigning their vices.
Dryden.
4.
To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of;
as, to
expose
a cheat, liar, or hypocrite
.
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Exˊpoˊsé′

,
Noun.
[F., prop. p. p. of
exposer
. See
Expose
,
Verb.
T.
]
A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.

Webster 1828 Edition

Expose

EXPO'SE

,
Verb.
T.
s as z. [L. expositum, from expono; ex and pono, to place. The radical sense of pono is to set or place, or rather to throw or thrust down. To expose is to set or throw open, or to thrust forth.]
1.
To lay open; to set to public view; to disclose; to uncover or draw from concealment; as, to expose the secret artifices of a court; to expose a plan or design.
2.
To make bare; to uncover; to remove from any thing that which guards or protects; as, to expose the head or the breast to the air.
3.
To remove from shelter; to place in a situation to be affected or acted on; as, to expose one's self to violent heat.
4.
To lay open to attack, by any means; as, to expose an army or garrison.
5.
To make liable; to subject; as, to expose one's self to pain, grief or toil; to expose one's self to insult.
6.
To put in the power of; as, to expose one's self to the seas.
7.
To lay open to censure, ridicule or contempt.
A fool might once himself alone expose.
8.
To lay open, in almost any manner; as, to expose one's self to examination or scrutiny.
9.
To put in danger. The good soldier never shrinks from exposing himself, when duty requires it.
10. To cast out to chance; to place abroad, or in a situation unprotected. Some nations expose their children.
11. To lay open; to make public. Be careful not unnecessarily to expose the faults of a neighbor.
12. To offer; to place in a situation to invite purchasers; as, to expose goods to sale.
13. To offer to inspection; as, to expose paintings in a gallery.

Definition 2024

Exposé

Exposé

See also: expose and exposé

German

Noun

Exposé n ‎(genitive Exposés, plural Exposés)

  1. Alternative spelling of Exposee

Declension

exposé

exposé

See also: expose and Exposé

English

Noun

exposé ‎(plural exposés)

  1. Publication of investigative journalism.

Translations

French

Etymology

Past participle of verb exposer (to expose).

Pronunciation

Adjective

exposé m ‎(feminine singular exposée, masculine plural exposés, feminine plural exposées)

  1. exposed

Noun

exposé m ‎(plural exposés)

  1. presentation

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from French exposé.

Noun

exposé c

  1. a presentation

Declension

Inflection of exposé 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative exposé exposén exposéer exposéerna
Genitive exposés exposéns exposéers exposéernas

References

Etymology

Borrowing from French exposé

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛkspoʊˈzeɪ/

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