Dictionary Definition
expose n : the exposure of an impostor or a
fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city
government" [syn: unmasking]
Verb
1 expose or make accessible to some action or
influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to
sunshine"
2 make known to the public information that was
previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept
a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which
the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is";
"bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her" [syn: disclose, let on, bring out,
reveal, discover, divulge, impart, break, give away,
let
out]
3 to show, make visible or apparent; "The
Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why
don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National
leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
[syn: exhibit, display]
4 remove all or part of one's clothes to show
one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the
subway" [syn: uncover]
[ant: cover]
5 disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The
curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" [syn: disclose]
7 expose to light, of photographic film
8 expose while ridiculing; especially of
pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the
psychic's claims" [syn: debunk]
9 abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The
infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many
pets get abandoned"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊz
Verb
Translations
to uncover, make visible, bring to daylight,
introduce to
to subject photographic film to light thus
ruining it or taking a picture if controlled
- Chinese:
- Dutch: blootstellen
- Finnish: valottaa
Translations to be checked
Extensive Definition
Expose, exposé, or exposed may refer to:
- Exposé (journalism), a form of investigative journalism
- EXPOSÉ: America's Investigative Reports, a PBS news/documentary series
- Exposé (film), a 1976 thriller film
- "Exposé" (Lost), an episode of Lost
- Exposé (Mac OS X), a window management tool for Mac OS X
- Exposé
(band), a 1980s dance music band
- Exposé (album), their 1992 album
- Exposed (album), a solo album by Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil
- Exposed (Chanté Moore album), a 2000 album by Chanté Moore
- Exposed (CoCo Lee album), a 2005 album by CoCo Lee
- Exposed (Mike Oldfield album), a 1979 live album by Mike Oldfield
- Exposed...The Secret Life of The Veronicas, a 2006 live album by The Veronicas
- Exposed (MTV series), a television series on MTV
- Exposed (MuchMusic TV series), a television series on MuchMusic
- Exposed, a 1987 video by Kiss
- Exposé, an annually published collection of essays from Harvard College's Expository Writing Program
See also
expose in German: Exposé
expose in Spanish: Exposé
expose in French: Exposé
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
advertise, air, apocalypse, attaint, awaken, bare, baring, belie, bespatter, betray, blacken, blot, blow sky-high, blow up, blow
upon, brand, brandish, break the seal, break
the spell, bring to light, broadcast, burst the bubble,
censure, clear, compromise, construction, correct, debunk, defame, defile, deflate, denudate, denude, deobstruct, develop, dig up, disabuse, disappoint, disapprove, disclose, disclosing, disclosure, disconfirm, disconfirmation,
discover, discovering, discovery, discredit, disenchant, disillude, disillusion, disillusionize, disinter, dismask, disparage, display, disport, disproof, disproval, disprove, disproving, divest, divulge, draw the veil,
encounter danger, endanger, enlighten, excavate, exegesis, exhibit, exhume, explication, explode, explosion, expose to infamy,
exposition, exposure, ferret out, fish up,
flash, flaunt, fleece, free, gamble, gamble with, gibbet, hang in effigy, hazard, impart, imperil, incur danger, interpretation, invalidate, invalidation, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, lay bare, lay open,
laying bare, leak, let
daylight in, let down easy, let in on, let out, make known,
manifest, manifestation, negate, negation, negative, open, open up, parade, patefaction, patefy, peril, pillory, pluck, present, prick the bubble, prove
the contrary, publish,
puncture, put in
danger, put in jeopardy, put in writing, put straight, raise the
curtain, redargution, reductio ad
absurdum, remove,
removing the veil, reprimand, reveal, revealing, revealment, revelation, risk, root up, set right, set
straight, shear, show, show off, show up, showing
up, showup, slur, smear, soil, stain, stigmatize, strip, strip bare, stripping, subject, subject to, sully, taint, tarnish, tell the truth, trot
out, turn up, unblindfold, unblock, uncase, uncharm, unclench, uncloak, uncloaking, unclog, unclothe, unclutch, uncork, uncover, uncovering, uncurtain, undeceive, undercut, undo, undrape, undress, unearth, unfold, unfolding, unfoldment, unfoul, unfurl, unkennel, unlatch, unlock, unmask, unmasking, unpack, unplug, unroll, unscreen, unseal, unsheathe, unshroud, unshut, unspell, unstop, unveil, unveiling, unwrap, unwrapping, ventilate, vilify, wake up, worm
out