English noun: expose | |||
1. | expose (communication) the exposure of an impostor or a fraud | ||
Samples | He published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government. | ||
Synonyms | unmasking | ||
Broader (hypernym) | exposure | ||
English verb: expose | |||
1. | expose (perception) expose or make accessible to some action or influence | ||
Samples | Expose your students to art. Expose the blanket to sunshine. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | subject | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | aerate, air, air out, insolate, overexpose, solarise, solarize, sun, underexpose, ventilate | ||
2. | expose (communication) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | ||
Samples | 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. Unwrap the evidence in the murder case. | ||
Synonyms | break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | tell | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | babble, 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 | ||
Cause | break, get around, get out | ||
Verb group | break, get around, get out | ||
3. | expose (perception) to show, make visible or apparent | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | display, exhibit | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | show | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bench, brandish, bring forth, flash, flaunt, gibbet, hold up, model, model, moon, open, ostentate, pillory, pose, posture, produce, show off, sit, swank | ||
4. | expose (contact) remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body | ||
Samples | Uncover your belly. The man exposed himself in the subway. | ||
Synonyms | uncover | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bare, unclothe, undo, undrape, unmask, unveil, unwrap | ||
Antonyms | cover | ||
5. | expose (perception) disclose to view as by removing a cover | ||
Samples | The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set. | ||
Synonyms | disclose | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bring out, reveal, uncover, unveil | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | face | ||
6. | expose (communication) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position | ||
Synonyms | endanger, peril, queer, scupper | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | compromise | ||
7. | expose (perception) expose to light, of photographic film | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | subject | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | overexpose, underexpose | ||
Domain category | photography, picture taking | ||
8. | expose (communication) expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas | ||
Samples | The physicist debunked the psychic's claims. | ||
Synonyms | debunk | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | uncloak, unmask | ||
9. | expose (cognition) abandon by leaving out in the open air | ||
Samples | The infant was exposed by the teenage mother. After Christmas, many pets get abandoned. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | abandon, desert, desolate, forsake | ||