expose

See also: exposé and Exposé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French exposer (“to lay open, set forth”), from Latin expōnō (“set forth”), with contamination from poser (“to lay, place”). Doublet of expound, via Old French espondre (“to set forth, explain”), from the same Latin term.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspəʊz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspoʊz/, /ɛkˈspoʊz/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊz

Verb

expose (third-person singular simple present exposes, present participle exposing, simple past and past participle exposed)

2. (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).
   • 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:

     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.

   • 2021 August 19, “Twitter User Agreement”, in Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 August 2021, 3 Content on the Services:

     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.

4. (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
5. (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
   • 1893, Fridtjof Nansen, Eskimo Life, page 152:

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

6. 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.
7. (computing, transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.
   • 2000, Robert C. Martin, More C++ Gems (page 266)

     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.

Synonyms

• (to reveal): bare, nake; see Thesaurus:reveal
  • (a hidden aspect of one's character): bewray
  • (to remove clothing): doff; see Thesaurus:undress

Derived terms

• expose oneself
• exposure
• exposition

Translations

to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to

• Bulgarian: откривам (bg) (otkrivam), разкривам (bg) (razkrivam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 揭露 (zh) (jiēlù), 暴露 (zh) (bàolù), 露出 (zh) (lùchū), 揭發 (zh), 揭发 (zh) (jiēfā)

• Czech: vystavit (cs), odhalit (cs) pf
• Dutch: zichtbaar maken, blootleggen (nl), exposeren (nl)
• Esperanto: elmeti
• Finnish: paljastaa (fi)
• French: exposer (fr), dénoncer (fr)
• German: aufdecken (de), offenbaren (de), entblößen (de), bloßlegen (de), enttarnen (de), aussetzen (de)
• Greek: αποκαλύπτω (el) (apokalýpto), εκθέτω (el) (ekthéto)
• Hiligaynon: abansáda
• Indonesian: papar (id)
• Italian: esporre (it), evidenziare (it), rivelare (it), mettere in luce
• Japanese: 晒す (ja) (さらす, sarasu), 暴く (あばく, abaku), 暴露する (ばくろする, bakuro-surú)

• Kazakh: әшкерелеу (äşkereleu)
• Latin: discooperio
• Malay: dedah (ms)
• Maore Comorian: uv̄enua
• Maori: rakorako, whakaari, hura, whakapūangiangi (to the wind), pārara, kōhure, whakatoki (to the weather), tīari
• Ngazidja Comorian: upvenua
• Polish: odsłonić (pl), ukazać (pl)
• Portuguese: expor (pt), revelar (pt)
• Romanian: expune (ro)
• Russian: выставля́ть (ru) (vystavljátʹ), раскрыва́ть (ru) (raskryvátʹ), обнажа́ть (ru) (obnažátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: foillsich, rùisg
• Spanish: exponer (es), revelar (es), descubrir (es), exhibir (es)
• Swahili: kufunua
• Swedish: blottlägga (sv)
• Turkish: açığa çıkarmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: виставля́ти (vystavljáty), розкрива́ти (rozkryváty)

to uncover something so it is open to the elements

• Maori: whakapūangiangi (to the wind), whakatoki

to subject photographic film to light

• Bulgarian: експонирам (eksponiram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 曝光 (zh) (pùguāng)

• Czech: exponovat
• Dutch: blootstellen (nl)
• Esperanto: eksponi
• Finnish: valottaa (fi)
• French: exposer (fr)
• Greek: εκθέτω (el) (ekthéto)

• Italian: esporre (it)
• Japanese: 露光させる (ろこうさせる, rokō-saseru)
• Maori: hura
• Polish: naświetlić (pl), eksponować (pl) impf
• Portuguese: expor (pt)
• Romanian: expune (ro)
• Russian: де́лать вы́держку (délatʹ výderžku)
• Scottish Gaelic: nochd
• Spanish: exponer (es)
• Swedish: exponera (sv)

to submit to an active substance

• Maori: whakamōrea (to danger)

• Ukrainian: піддава́ти ді́ї (piddaváty díji)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} esporre (it)

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} exponere (la)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spoz/

Verb

expose

1. inflection of exposer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative