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expose
(/I/k'sp/oU/z )

noun (n)

  • the exposure of an impostor or a fraud(noun.communication)
    Example:
    He published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government.
    Synonym:
    unmasking
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • expose or make accessible to some action or influence(verb.perception)
    Example:
    Expose your students to art.
    Expose the blanket to sunshine.
    source: wordnet30
  • make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap
    source: wordnet30
  • to show, make visible or apparent(verb.perception)
    Synonym:
    display, exhibit
    source: wordnet30
  • remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body(verb.contact)
    Example:
    The man exposed himself in the subway.
    Synonym:
    uncover
    Antonym:
    cover
    source: wordnet30
  • disclose to view as by removing a cover(verb.perception)
    Synonym:
    disclose
    source: wordnet30
  • put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    endanger, peril, queer, scupper
    source: wordnet30
  • expose to light, of photographic film(verb.perception)
    source: wordnet30
  • expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    debunk
    source: wordnet30
  • abandon by leaving out in the open air(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    The infant was exposed by the teenage mother.
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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