Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).
2. (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
3. (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
4. 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.
5. (computing, transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.

Example Sentences

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.

Many supporters believed Donald Trump would finally expose government cover-ups once he returned to power. But more than six months into his new term, those much-hyped conspiracy theories have either been debunked or quietly fallen apart.

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

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.

Word Forms

• exposes
• exposing
• exposed
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• expose
• exposest
• exposedst
• exposeth
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When Should You Use Expose?

Use expose when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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