expose

CEFRB1

/ɪkˈspəʊz/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To uncover or make something visible.

  2. 02

    verb

    To cause someone to experience something harmful or risky.

Examples

  • Don't expose the tapes to the sun.

  • We should sometimes expose our bodies to the sun.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɪkˈspoʊz/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.

  2. To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.

  3. To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).

More examples

In context

  • 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.

  • You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to Content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive.

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

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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.