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Engelsk navneord: expose

1. expose (om kommunikation) the exposure of an impostor or a fraud


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningHe published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)unmasking


Mindre specifikke termerexposure


Engelsk udsagnsord: expose

1. expose (om opfattelse) expose or make accessible to some action or influence


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningExpose your students to art.
Expose the blanket to sunshine.


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s somebody.
Somebody ----s somebody PP


Mindre specifikke termersubject


Mere specifikke termeraerate, air, air out, insolate, overexpose, solarise, solarize, sun, underexpose, ventilate

2. expose (om kommunikation) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe 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.
Unwrap the evidence in the murder case.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something.
Something ----s something.
Somebody ----s something to somebody.
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE


Mindre specifikke termertell


Mere specifikke termerbabble, babble out, betray, bewray, blab, blab out, blackwash, blow, come out, come out of the closet, confide, leak, let the cat out of the bag, muckrake, out, out, peach, reveal, sing, spill the beans, spring, talk, tattle


Medførerbreak, get around, get out


Udsagnsord med lignende betydningbreak, get around, get out

3. expose (om opfattelse) to show, make visible or apparent


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe 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.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)display, exhibit


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody.
Something ----s somebody.
Something ----s something


Mindre specifikke termershow


Mere specifikke termerbench, brandish, bring forth, flash, flaunt, gibbet, hold up, model, model, moon, open, ostentate, pillory, pose, posture, produce, show off, sit, swank

4. expose (om relation) remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningUncover your belly.
The man exposed himself in the subway.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)uncover


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something.
Something ----s something


Mere specifikke termerbare, unclothe, undo, undrape, unmask, unveil, unwrap


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)cover

5. expose (om opfattelse) disclose to view as by removing a cover


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe curtain rose to disclose a stunning set.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)disclose


AnvendelsesmønsterSomething ----s something


Mindre specifikke termerbring out, reveal, uncover, unveil


Mere specifikke termerface

6. expose (om kommunikation) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)endanger, peril, queer, scupper


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody.
Something ----s somebody.
Something ----s something


Mindre specifikke termeraffect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on


Mere specifikke termercompromise

7. expose (om opfattelse) expose to light, of photographic film


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something


Mindre specifikke termersubject


Mere specifikke termeroverexpose, underexpose


Overordnet emneområdephotography, picture taking

8. expose (om kommunikation) expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe physicist debunked the psychic's claims.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)debunk


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something


Mindre specifikke termerblackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast


Mere specifikke termeruncloak, unmask

9. expose (om erkendelse) abandon by leaving out in the open air


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe infant was exposed by the teenage mother.
After Christmas, many pets get abandoned.


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s somebody.
Something ----s somebody


Mindre specifikke termerabandon, desert, desolate, forsake









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