Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Expose

//ɪkˈspəʊz// verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the exposure of an impostor or a fraud wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to). transitive

    "The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies."

  2. 2
    abandon by leaving out in the open air wordnet
  3. 3
    To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image. transitive
  4. 4
    expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas wordnet
  5. 5
    To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness. transitive

    "This they do, as a rule, by exposing the child or throwing it into the sea."

Show 9 more definitions
  1. 6
    make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret wordnet
  2. 7
    To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.
  3. 8
    put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position wordnet
  4. 9
    To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs. transitive

    "In the OO world, the word is to hide the structure of the data, and expose only functionality. OO designers expose an object to the world in terms of the services it provides."

  5. 10
    remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body wordnet
  6. 11
    expose or make accessible to some action or influence wordnet
  7. 12
    expose to light, of photographic film wordnet
  8. 13
    reveal to view as by removing a cover wordnet
  9. 14
    to show, make visible or apparent wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English exposen, from Old French exposer (“to lay open, set forth”), from Latin expōnō (“set forth”), with contamination from poser (“to lay, place”). Doublet of expone and expound (via Old French espondre (“to set forth, explain”)), from the same Latin term.

See also for "expose"

Synonyms Antonyms Rhymes Sentences Translate Word Type Pronunciation Word Forms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: expose