expose
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- Rhymes: -əʊz
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expose (third-person singular simple present exposes, present participle exposing, simple past and past participle exposed)
- (transitive) to uncover, make visible, bring to daylight, introduce to
- (transitive) to subject photographic film to light thus ruining it or taking a picture if controlled
- (transitive) to abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness
- This they do, as a rule, by exposing the child or throwing it into the sea. --Nansen, Eskimo Life (1893), page 152
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(to reveal a hidden aspect of one's character): bewray
[edit] Translations
to uncover, make visible, bring to daylight, introduce to
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to subject photographic film to light thus ruining it or taking a picture if controlled
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[edit] French
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- IPA: /ɛk.spoz/
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expose