expose
pronunciation
How to pronounce expose in British English:
UK [ɪkˈspəʊz]
How to pronounce expose in American English:
US [ɪkˈspoʊz]
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- Noun:
- the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
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- Verb:
- expose or make accessible to some action or influence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- to show, make visible or apparent
- remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
- disclose to view as by removing a cover
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- expose to light, of photographic film
- expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
- abandon by leaving out in the open air
Word Origin
- expose
- expose: see position
- expose (v.)
- early 15c., "to leave without shelter or defense," from Old French esposer, exposer "lay open, set forth, speak one's mind, explain" (13c.), from Latin exponere "set forth, lay open, exhibit, reveal, publish" (see expound), altered by confusion with poser "to place, lay down" (see pose (v.1)). Meaning "to exhibit openly" is from 1620s; that of "to unmask" is from 1690s. Photographic sense is from 1839. Related: Exposed; exposes; exposing.
- expose (n.)
- also exposé, "display of discreditable information," 1803, initially as a French word; noun use of past participle of French exposer "lay open" (see expose (v.)). Earliest use was in reference to Napoleon.
Example
- 1. Are you afraid to expose your shame or guilt ?
- 2. Writers expose the dark underbelly of the old social democratic regime .
- 3. Were you so eager to expose yourself to strange men ?
- 4. Make it easy for people to expose their networks to people they trust with that data .
- 5. The post-dsk outbreak of zero tolerance may embolden victims to expose more egregious behaviour .