Expose — synonyms, definition

1. expose (Noun)

account acknowledgment admission anecdote announcement betrayal chronicle declaration description disclosure discovery display divulgence exposure exposé history presentation relation revelation showing • • •

expose (Noun) — The exposure of an impostor or a fraud.

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2. expose (Verb)

advertise air bare betray break break up brighten bring out bring to light catch clarify clear debunk deflate demystify denounce denude descry desecrate detect • • •

expose (Verb) — Make accessible to some action or influence. ex. "Expose your students to art" ex. "expose the blanket to sunshine"

expose (Verb) — Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret. ex. "expose the evidence in the murder case"

expose (Verb) — To show, make visible or apparent. ex. "The Metropolitan Museum is exposing Goya's works this month"

expose (Verb) — Remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body. ex. "The man exposed himself in the subway"

expose (Verb) — Uncover, expose to view. ex. "The curtain rose to expose a stunning set"

expose (Verb) — Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.

expose (Verb) — (photography) expose to light, of photographic film.

expose (Verb) — Uncover while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas. ex. "The physicist exposed the psychic's claims"

expose (Verb) — Abandon by leaving out in the open air. ex. "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"

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