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Dictionary Results For "exposition" [?]/[OPML]
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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛkspǝʊ'zıʃǝn/


Etymology

Adopted from the , itself an adaptation of the {{term|exponere|lang=la||to put forth}}.

Noun

  1. The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.
  2. The act of declare|declaring or describe|describing something through either speech or writing.
  3. The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
  4. In the Context of An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
  5. In the Context of A technique used in fiction, including novel, play, and movie, by which background information about the characters, events, or setting is conveyed.


Related terms


Translations

  • Czech: {{t-|cs|výstava|f}}
  • Esperanto: {{t-|eo|ekspozicio|xs=Esperanto}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Ausstellung|f}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|exposição|f}}
  • Romanian: {{t-|ro|expoziţie|lang=ro}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|выставка|f|tr=výstavka|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Slovak: {{t|sk|expozícia|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|exposición|f}}


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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛkspɔzisjɔ̃/


Noun


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Exposition \Ex`po*si"tion\, n. [L. expositio, fr. exponere,
expositum: cf. F. exposition. See Expound.]
1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or
displaying to public view.
[1913 Webster]

2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or
meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation;
interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or
the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing
explanations or interpretations; a commentary.
[1913 Webster]

You know the law; your exposition
Hath been most sound. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

3. Situation or position with reference to direction of view
or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.;
exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the
sun. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]

4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic
productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A
Gallicism]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet exposition
n 1: a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written)
of a specific topic [syn: expounding]
2: a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for
public display [syn: exhibition, expo]
3: an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a
writing or discourse; "we would have understood the play
better if there had been some initial exposition of the
background"
Moby Dictionary
allegorization
, anacrusis , apocalypse , article , assignment ,
auto show
, baring , bass passage , bazaar , boat show , bourdon ,
bridge
, burden , cadence , causerie , chalk talk , chorus ,
clarification
, coda , commentary , commercial complex , construction ,
cosmorama
, cracking , critique , cyclorama , decipherment ,
declaration
, decoding , delineation , demonstration ,
demythologization
, descant , description , development , diorama ,
disclosing
, disclosure , discourse , discovering , discovery ,
discussion
, display , disquisition , dissertation , division , editing ,
elucidation
, emendation , emporium , enactment , enlightenment ,
enunciation
, essay , etude , euhemerism , examination , excursus ,
exegesis
, exemplification , exercise , exhibit , exhibition ,
explanation
, explication , expo , expose , exposure , expounding , fair ,
feature
, figure , first approach , flea fair , flea market , folderol ,
georama
, harangue , harmonic close , homework , homily , illumination ,
illustration
, instruction , interlude , intermezzo , interpretation ,
introductory phrase
, introductory study , laying bare , lecture ,
lecture-demonstration
, lesson , light , light show , lucubration ,
manifestation
, market , market overt , marketplace , mart , measure ,
memoir
, monograph , moral , moral lesson , morality , moralization ,
morceau
, movement , musical phrase , musical sentence , myriorama ,
note
, object lesson , open market , opening , ornament , ostentation ,
outline
, pageant , pageantry , pandect , panorama , paper , parade ,
paragraph
, part , passage , patefaction , performance , period ,
phantasmagoria
, phrase , piece , plaza , pomp , preachment ,
preliminary study
, presentation , presentment , production ,
projection
, prolegomenon , psychedelic show , rationale , reason ,
recital
, recitation , refrain , removing the veil , representation ,
research paper
, resolution , response , retrospective , revealing ,
revealment
, revelation , rialto , ritornello , screed , section ,
sermon
, set task , shifting scene , shopping center , shopping mall ,
shopping plaza
, show , showing , showing up , showup , sight ,
simplification
, sketch , skull session , solution , special article ,
spectacle
, stage show , stanza , staple , statement , strain ,
street market
, stripping , study , survey , tableau , tableau vivant ,
tailpiece
, talk , task , teaching , term paper , theme , thesis , tract ,
tractate
, trade fair , treatise , treatment , tutti , tutti passage ,
uncloaking
, uncovering , unfolding , unfoldment , unlocking ,
unmasking
, unveiling , unwrapping , variation , varnishing day ,
vernissage
, verse


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