exposition

See also: Exposition

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛkspəˈzɪʃən/

Etymology 1

From Middle English exposicioun, from Old French esposicion, from Latin expositio, from exponere (“to put forth”).

Noun

exposition (countable and uncountable, plural expositions)

1. The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
2. (authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements.

   This essay has too much exposition in it.

   My reviewer said she couldn't picture the setting for my story, so I'm improving the exposition.

3. (obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
4. An event at which goods, artwork and cultural displays are exhibited for the public to view.

   The first prototype was unveiled at an exposition.

5. (authorship) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.

   I turned my research into an exposition on the traditional music of Borneo.

6. (authorship) An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
7. (music) The opening section of a fugue; the opening section of a movement in sonata form
8. The abandonment of an unwanted child.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French exposition (“exhibition”)

Noun

exposition (countable and uncountable, plural expositions)

1. The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.

Derived terms

• expositional
• expositionary

Related terms

• exhibition

Translations

action of exposing

• Bulgarian: излагане (bg) n (izlagane), експозиция f (ekspozicija)
• Finnish: esittely (fi), altistaminen (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: έκθεση (el) f (ékthesi)

action of putting something out to public view

• Arabic: مَعْرِض m (maʕriḍ)
• Bulgarian: излагане (bg) n (izlagane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 博覽會／博览会 (zh) (bólǎnhuì), 博览会 (zh) (bólǎnhuì)

• Czech: výstava (cs) f
• Dutch: tentoonstelling (nl) f
• Esperanto: ekspozicio
• Estonian: ekspositsioon
• Finnish: esittely (fi)
• French: exposition (fr) f
• Galician: exposición (gl) f
• German: Ausstellung (de) f, Exposition (de) f
• Greek: έκθεση (el) f (ékthesi), επίδειξη (el) f (epídeixi)
• Hindi: एक्स्पज़िशन (ekspaziśan)
• Hungarian: kiállítás (hu)
• Ido: expozo (io)
• Italian: esposizione (it) f, mostra (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 博覧会 (はくらんかい, hakuran-kai)
• Korean: 박람회 (ko) (bangnamhoe) (博覽會 (ko))
• Macedonian: изложба f (izložba)
• Norwegian: utstilling (no)

  Nynorsk: utstilling (no)

• Polish: wystawa (pl) f
• Portuguese: exposição (pt) f
• Romanian: expoziție (ro) f, expunere (ro) f
• Russian: вы́ставка (ru) f (výstavka), экспози́ция (ru) f (ekspozícija)
• Serbo-Croatian: изложба f, izložba f
• Slovene: razstava (sl) f
• Spanish: exposición (es) f
• Swedish: utställning (sv) c
• Thai: งานแสดง (ngaan sà-daeng)
• Turkish: sergileme (tr), teşhir (tr)
• Vietnamese: sự phơi, sự phơi bày

action of declaring or describing

• Bulgarian: описание (bg) n (opisanie)
• Finnish: esittely (fi)
• Greek: έκθεση (el) f (ékthesi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: ceartú m
• Turkish: beyan (tr), serim (tr), yorumlama (tr)

essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail

• Bulgarian: коментар (bg) m (komentar)
• Czech: výklad (cs) m
• Finnish: esitelmä (fi)
• Greek: έκθεση (el) f (ékthesi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: излагање n (izlaganje), изложување n (izložuvanje)
• Romanian: expunere (ro) f
• Turkish: yorum (tr)

fiction: opening section

• Finnish: esittely (fi)
• German: Einführung (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Turkish: giriş (tr)

music: opening section of a fugue

• Finnish: esittely (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Serbo-Croatian: излагање теме, експозиција f
• Slovene: ekspozicija f

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Translations to be checked

• Slovak: expozícia f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• explanation
• exegesis

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French

Etymology

From Old French esposicion, borrowed from Latin expositio, expositionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spo.zi.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

exposition f (plural expositions)

1. exposition
2. exhibition
3. exposure

Further reading

• “exposition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.