exposition

CEFRC1

/ɛkspəˈzɪʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A detailed explanation of an idea or subject.

  2. 02

    noun

    A large public exhibition.

Examples

  • I applied to be an attendant at the exposition.

  • The exposition will be held for six months.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.

  2. The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing, in nonfiction or in fiction; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe or explain a set of things (such as, in fiction, the setting, c...

  3. The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.

More examples

In context

  • My reviewer said she couldn't picture the setting for my story, so I'm improving the exposition.

  • The first prototype was unveiled at an exposition.

  • This essay has too much exposition in it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English exposicioun, from Old French esposicion, from Latin expositiō, from expōnere (“to put forth”). The sense meaning "exhibition" is a later semantic loan from French exposition.