A Topical Dictionary: Search for exposition

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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

The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.
The act of declare|declaring or describe|describing something through either speech or writing.
The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
In the Context of An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
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}}

Czech: výklad

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

et:exposition el:exposition es:exposition fr:exposition io:exposition id:exposition hu:exposition ja:exposition pl:exposition ru:exposition fi:exposition te:exposition vi:exposition tr:exposition zh:exposition

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.
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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.
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You know the law; your exposition
Hath been most sound. --Shak.
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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.
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4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic
productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A
Gallicism]
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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