expose Definition

expose
verb exposed, exposing

1. To remove cover, protection or shelter from something, or to allow this to be the case.

Example: exposed to the wind
Example: exposed to criticism
2. To discover something (eg a criminal or crime) or make it known.

Thesaurus: uncover, divulge, disclose, reveal, unmask, bring to light, lay open, lay bare, air.
3. To allow light to fall on (a photographic film or paper) when taking or printing a photograph.

Derivative: exposal

Exposure.

Exposition.

Idiom: expose oneself

To display one's sexual organs in public.

Etymology: 15c: from French exposer to set out.

Phrasal Verb: expose someone to something

To cause or allow them to have experience of it.

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exposé
noun

1. A formal statement of facts, especially one that introduces an argument.
2. An article or programme which exposes a public scandal or crime, etc.

Thesaurus: disclosure, revelation, account, article.

Etymology: 19c: French, literally ‘set out' or ‘exposed'.