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expose

/ɪkˈspoʊz/

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What does expose mean?

verb

  1. To reveal; to uncover; to make visible; to bring to light.
  2. To subject photographic film to light, thereby recording an image.
  3. To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance, such as radiation, a chemical, or any other stress.
More meanings (2)

verb

  1. To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.
  2. To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɪkˈspoʊz/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ɛkˈspoʊz/
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To expose a friend, such a friend as Isabella had been to her—and then their own brother so closely concerned in it!
Jane AustenNorthanger AbbeyProject Gutenberg ebook #121
“It seems to me like this,” she began, doing her best first to recollect and then to expose her shivering private visions.
Virginia WoolfThe Voyage OutProject Gutenberg ebook #144
More book examples (3)
She had fainted, and was lying across the pillow, with her night-dress partly open, so as to expose her neck and shoulders.
Andrew SteinmetzThe Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2)Project Gutenberg ebook #466
But the incident was enough to expose the opponents of Birth Control and the extreme methods they used to combat our progress.
Margaret SangerThe Pivot of CivilizationProject Gutenberg ebook #1689
Here certainly is a quarry which, were it active and capable of wriggling and biting, would expose the nurseling to terrible attacks.
Jean-Henri FabreMore Hunting WaspsTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3462