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Meaning of 'expose' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Expose [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat.
- To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor.
- To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite.
- A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.

Meaning of 'expose' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . expose [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
Example in sentence:
  • he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government
2 . expose [ v]
Meaning (2):
- abandon by leaving out in the open air
Example in sentence:
  • After Christmas, many pets get abandoned;
  • The infant was exposed by the teenage mother
Meaning (3):
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Example in sentence:
  • bring out the truth;
  • he broke the news to her;
  • The actress won't reveal how old she is;
  • The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold;
  • The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings;
  • unwrap the evidence in the murder case
Meaning (4):
- expose or make accessible to some action or influence
Example in sentence:
  • expose the blanket to sunshine;
  • Expose your students to art
Meaning (5):
- to show, make visible or apparent
Example in sentence:
  • National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship;
  • The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month;
  • Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?
Meaning (6):
- reveal to view as by removing a cover
Example in sentence:
  • The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set
Meaning (7):
- remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
Example in sentence:
  • The man exposed himself in the subway;
  • uncover your belly
Meaning (8):
- expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
Example in sentence:
  • The physicist debunked the psychic's claims

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