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Meaning of 'exposition' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Exposition [ n.]
- The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.
- 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.
- 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.
- A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878.

Meaning of 'exposition' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . exposition [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse
Example in sentence:
  • we would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background

Nearby Words:

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