expose

ex·pose

transitive verb \ik-ˈspōz\

ex·posedex·pos·ing

Definition of EXPOSE

1

a : to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition <expose troops needlessly> <has not yet been exposed to measles>

b : to submit or make accessible to a particular action or influence <expose children to good books>; especially : to subject (a sensitive photographic film, plate, or paper) to radiant energy

c : to abandon (an infant) especially by leaving in the open

2

a : to make known : bring to light (as something shameful)

b : to disclose the faults or crimes of <expose a murderer>

3

: to cause to be visible or open to view : display: as

a : to offer publicly for sale

b : to exhibit for public veneration

c : to reveal the face of (a playing card) or the cards of (a player's hand)

d : to engage in indecent exposure of (oneself)

— ex·pos·er noun

Examples of EXPOSE

1. The shingles had fallen off, exposing the wood underneath.
2. Undercover investigators exposed the scam.
3. They threatened to expose him.

Origin of EXPOSE

Middle English, from Anglo-French exposer, from Latin exponere to set forth, explain (perfect indicative exposui), from ex- + ponere to put, place — more at position

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to EXPOSE

Synonyms

debunk, nail, show up, uncloak, uncover, undress, unmask, blow the whistle on

Antonyms

camouflage, cloak, disguise, mask

Related Words

demolish, discredit, disprove; disclose, divulge, tell, unveil

Near Antonyms

conceal, hide, secrete, veil

See Synonym Discussion at show

Other Pictures (on film) Terms

daguerreotype, emulsion, fill, sepia, still, stop

Rhymes with EXPOSE

appose, bluenose, brownnose, compose, depose, dextrose, disclose, dispose, dog rose, enclose, foreclose, fructose, glucose, hardnose, impose, Montrose, moss rose, musk rose, old rose, oppose, primrose, propose, pug nose, repose, rockrose, suppose, transpose, tuberose, unclose, viscose, wind rose

ex·po·sé

noun \ˌek-spō-ˈzā, -spə-\

Definition of EXPOSÉ

1

: a formal statement of facts

2

: an exposure of something discreditable <a newspaper exposé of government corruption>

Variants of EXPOSÉ

ex·po·sé also ex·po·se \ˌek-spō-ˈzā, -spə-\

Examples of EXPOSÉ

1. a newspaper exposé of government corruption
2. The show aired an exposé on the candidate's financial indiscretions.

Origin of EXPOSÉ

French exposé, from past participle of exposer

First Known Use: 1803

Rhymes with EXPOSÉ

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ex·pose

transitive verb \ik-ˈspōz\   (Medical Dictionary)

ex·posed; ex·pos·ing

Medical Definition of EXPOSE

1

: to make liable to or accessible to something (as a disease or environmental conditions) that may have a detrimental effect <children exposed to diphtheria>

2

: to lay open to view: as a : to conduct (oneself) as an exhibitionist b : to reveal (a bodily part) especially by dissection