expose

ex·pose  (k-spz)

tr.v. ex·posed, ex·pos·ing, ex·pos·es

1.

a. To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition: exposed themselves to disease; exposed their children to classical music.

b. To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.

c. To deprive of shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm: troops that were exposed to gunfire.

2. To make visible: Cleaning exposed the grain of the wood. See Synonyms at show.

3.

a. To make known (something discreditable).

b. To reveal the guilt or wrongdoing of: expose a criminal.

4. To engage in indecent exposure of (oneself).

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[Middle English exposen, from Old French exposer, alteration (influenced by poser, to put, place) of Latin expnere, to set forth; see expound.]

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ex·poser n.

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expose [ɪkˈspəʊz]

vb (tr)

1. to display for viewing; exhibit

2. to bring to public notice; disclose; reveal to expose the facts

3. to divulge the identity of; unmask

4. (foll by to) to make subject or susceptible (to attack, criticism, etc.)

5. to abandon (a child, animal, etc.) in the open to die

6. (foll by to) to introduce (to) or acquaint (with) he was exposed to the classics at an early age

7. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog to subject (a photographic film or plate) to light, X-rays, or some other type of actinic radiation

8. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church to exhibit (the consecrated Eucharistic Host or a relic) for public veneration

expose oneself to display one's sexual organs in public

[from Old French exposer, from Latin expōnere to set out; see exponent]

exposable  adj

exposal  n

exposer  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	expose - the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government" unmasking exposure - the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans"
Verb	1.	expose - expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine" subject - cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" ventilate - expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage; "Wheat should be well ventilated" insolate, sun, solarise, solarize - expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These herbs suffer when sunned" aerate, air, air out - expose to fresh air; "aerate your old sneakers" overexpose - expose excessively; "As a child, I was overexposed to French movies" underexpose - expose insufficiently; "The child was underexposed to language"
	2.	expose - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" disclose, let on, divulge, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break blackwash - bring (information) out of concealment muckrake - explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking" blow - cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side" out - reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent" come out of the closet, out, come out - to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year" spring - produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving" get around, get out, break - be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning" betray, bewray - reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" confide - reveal in private; tell confidentially leak - tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper" babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, tattle, babble, talk, sing - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late" reveal - disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"
	3.	expose - to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" display, exhibit show - make visible or noticeable; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please" open - display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer bring forth, produce - bring out for display; "The proud father produced many pictures of his baby"; "The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him" hold up - hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration bench - exhibit on a bench; "bench the poodles at the dog show" moon - expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience" flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank, flash - display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car" brandish - exhibit aggressively; "brandish a sword" model - display (clothes) as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion" pose, posture, model, sit - assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" pillory, gibbet - expose to ridicule or public scorn
	4.	expose - remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway" uncover unwrap, undo - remove the outer cover or wrapping of; "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel" undrape - strip something of drapery unclothe - take the covers off; "She unclothed her innermost feelings" bare - lay bare; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings" unmask - take the mask off; "unmask the imposter" unveil - remove the veil from; "Women must not unveil themselves in public in Islamic societies"
	5.	expose - disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" disclose face - turn so as to expose the face; "face a playing card" bring out, reveal, uncover, unveil - make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her"
	6.	expose - put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position endanger, peril, queer, scupper affect, bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, touch - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" compromise - expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy"
	7.	expose - expose to light, of photographic film photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs subject - cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" overexpose - expose to too much light; "the photographic film was overexposed and there is no image" underexpose - expose to too little light; "The film is underexposed, so the image is very dark"
	8.	expose - expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" debunk blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, roast, rib - subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" uncloak, unmask - reveal the true nature of; "The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician"
	9.	expose - abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned" desert, desolate, forsake, abandon - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

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expose

verb

1. uncover, show, reveal, display, exhibit, present, unveil, manifest, lay bare, take the wraps off, put on view He pulled up his t-shirt, exposing his white belly.
uncover cover, protect, screen, hide, shelter, mask, shield, conceal

2. reveal, disclose, uncover, air, detect, betray, show up, denounce, unearth, let out, divulge, unmask, lay bare, make known, bring to light, out (informal), smoke out, blow wide open (slang) After the scandal was exposed, he committed suicide.
reveal cover, hide, conceal, keep secret

3. make vulnerable, risk, subject, endanger, hazard, leave open, jeopardize, put at risk, imperil, lay open people exposed to high levels of radiation

expose someone to something introduce to, acquaint with, bring into contact with, familiarize with, make familiar with, make conversant with when women from these societies become exposed to Western culture

expose yourself show your genitals, flash (informal), display your genitals Smith admitted indecently exposing himself on Wimbledon Common.

Translations

expose [ɪksˈpəʊz] VT (= uncover) → dejar al descubierto; (= leave unprotected) → exponer; (= display) → exponer, presentar (Phot) → exponer (fig) (= reveal) [+ plot, crime] → poner al descubierto; [+ criminal, imposter] → desenmascarar; [+ weakness, one's ignorance] → revelar, poner en evidencia
to be exposed to view → estar a la vista de todos
to expose one's head to the sun → exponer la cabeza al sol
to expose sb/o.s. to ridicule → poner a algn/ponerse en ridículo
to expose o.s. to [+ risk, danger] → exponerse a
to expose o.s (sexually) → hacer exhibicionismo

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expose [ɪkˈspəʊz] vt

(= uncover) [+ thing] → exposer

(= unmask) [+ person] → démasquer; [+ scandal] → révéler
to expose sb as sth → confondre qn comme qch, démasquer qn comme étant qch

(= subject) to expose sb to sth [+ radiation, disease] → exposer qn à qch
to be exposed to sth [+ radiation, disease] → être exposé(e) à qch

(= enable to experience) to expose sb to an idea → exposer une idée à qn
to be exposed to sth [+ idea, feeling] → être exposé(e) à qch

to expose o.s. (LAW) [man] → commettre un outrage à la pudeur

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expose

vt

(= uncover) rocks, remains → freilegen; electric wire → freilegen; (fig) nerve → bloß legenor freilegen

(to danger, rain, sunlight, radiation) → aussetzen (→ to dat); not to be exposed to heat → vor Hitze (zu) schützen; to expose oneself to criticism → sich der Kritik aussetzen

(= display) one’s ignorance → offenbaren; one’s wounds → (vor)zeigen; to expose oneself (indecently) → sich entblößen; darling, you’re exposing yourself → du zeigst etwas (zu) viel, Liebling

(= reveal) abuse, treachery → aufdecken; scandal, plot → enthüllen, aufdecken; person, imposter, murderer, thief → entlarven; to expose somebody/something to the press → jdn/etw der Presse ausliefern

(Phot) → belichten

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expose [ɪksˈpəʊz] vt (gen, also) (Phot) → esporre; (uncover) → scoprire; (sexual parts) → esibire (fig) (reveal, plot) → rivelare; (criminal) → smascherare; (one's ignorance) → mettere a nudo
to be exposed to view → offrirsi alla vista
to expose sb/o.s. to ridicule → esporre qn/esporsi al ridicolo
to expose o.s. (indecently) → fare l'esibizionista

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expose

v expose [ikˈspəuz]

1 to uncover; to leave unprotected from (eg weather, danger, observation etc) Paintings should not be exposed to direct sunlight; Don't expose children to danger. blootstel يُعَرِّض، يَكْشِف откривам vystavit afdække; blotlægge; udsætte for aussetzen εκθέτω, αποκαλύπτω exponer paljaks jätma, kaitsetuks jätma در معرض قرار دادن؛ بی پناه کردن altistaa exposer לַחֲשוֹף ל- खोलना izlagati kitesz menghadapkan láta óvarinn; stofna í hættu esporre さらす 드러내다 (iš)statyti, palikti neapsaugotą pakļaut (saules, vēja u. tml.) iedarbībai; atstāt neaizsargātu dedah blootstellen avsløre; utsette (for), eksponere wystawiać (na działanie) expor a expune подвергать действию vystaviť izpostaviti izložiti utsätta, exponera เปิดเผยออกมา açıkta/meydanda/maruz bırakmak 暴露 залишати беззахисним; піддавати کھلا ، بچاؤ کے بغیر چھوڑ دینا phơi bày 暴露

2 to discover and make known (eg criminals or their activities) It was a newspaper that exposed his spying activities. aan die kaak stel يَكْتَشِف، يَكْشِفُ عَن разкривам odhalit afsløre; blotlægge aufdecken αποκαλύπτω, ξεσκεπάζω revelar, descubrir paljastama افشا کردن؛ آشکار کردن paljastaa dévoiler, démasquer לַחֲשוֹף विवरण, प्रकट करना otkriti, objaviti felfed mengungkap leiða í ljós; fletta ofan af svelare, smascherare あばく 폭로하다 demaskuoti atklāt; atmaskot mendedah ontmaskeren avsløre, henge ut ujawniać revelar/desmascarar a dezvălui; a demasca разоблачать odhaliť razkriti otkriti uppenbara, avslöja เปิดโปง açığa çıkarmak 揭露 викривати; розкривати کسی شخص کی اصلیت کا کچّا چٹّھا کھولنا vạch trần 揭露

3 by releasing the camera shutter, to allow light to fall on (a photographic film). oopmaak يَلْتَقِط صورا فوتوغرافِيَّه осветлявам exponovat eksponere; belyse belichten εκθέτω στο φως exponer säritama نور دادن؛ در معرض نور قرار دادن valottaa exposer חֲשִיפָה प्रदर्शित करना izložiti exponál (filmet) menyingkapkan terhadap cahaya lÿsa, taka mynd á esporre 露出する 노출시키다 eksponuoti eksponēt, apgaismot (fotofilmu) terdedah belichten eksponere, belyse naświetlać expor a expune экспонировать exponovať osvetliti eksponirati exponera เปิดหน้ากล้องถ่ายรูป ışığa tutmak, ışıklamak 曝光 давати видержку, експонувати فلم کو روشنی دکھانا خصوصا کیمرے کی جھپکی کے ذریعہ phơi sáng 曝光

n exˈposure [-ʒə]

1 (an) act of exposing or state of being exposed Prolonged exposure of the skin to hot sun can be harmful. blootstelling تَعَرُّض ، تَعْريض излагане vystavování udsættelse; eksponering das Aussetzen έκθεση, αποκάλυψη exposición kaitseta jätmine قرارگیری در معرض چیزی altistus exposition חֲשִיפָה रहस्योदघाटन, भण्डाफोड़ izlaganje kitettség pengungkapan skjólleysi esposizione さらすこと 노출 (iš)statymas, neapsaugojimas pakļaušana (saules, vēja u.tml.) iedarbībai; atmaskošana pendedahan blootstelling, ontmaskering det å være utsatt for wystawienie, ekspozycja revelação/exposição expu­nere подвергать внешнему воздействию vystavovanie izpostavljanje izlaganje utsättande, exponering การเปิดเผย maruz kalma 暴露 виставляння انکشاف hành động phơi bày 暴露

2 one frame of a photographic film etc I have two exposures left. beligtings إطار فيلم التَّصوير поза snímek billede; optagelse die Belichtung καρέ σε φιλμ, στάση (tiempo de) exposición kaader قاب فیلم valokuva pose חֲשִיפָה प्रदर्शन, अवस्थिति film za fotografiranje felvétel film mynd eða filmuflötur posa １コマ (필름의) 한 토막 kadras (fotofilmas) kadrs filem opname eksponering, bilde, opptak klatka chapa poziţie кадр snímka posnetek ekspozicija exponering, bild ภาพหนึ่งในฟิล์มภาพยนตร์ poz 軟片張數 кадр فلم وغیرہ کا وہ حصہ جسے روشنی دکھائی گئی ہو cuộn phim ảnh 软片张数