expose

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1

(verb.) uncover sth

ADV

completely, fully | briefly | suddenly

deliberately

He deliberately exposed his lack of knowledge by asking very basic questions in the meeting.

PREP

to

Children who are exposed to too much screen time may have difficulty sleeping at night.

2

(verb.) show the truth

ADV

fully

clearly

The investigation clearly exposed how the company had been cheating its customers for years.

publicly

The scandal publicly exposed the company's illegal business practices to millions of people.

cruelly

The interview cruelly exposed how unprepared she was for the senior management role.

VERB + EXPOSE

threaten to | seek to, try to

3

(verb.) to sth harmful

ADV

directly

constantly

Children who watch a lot of television are constantly exposed to advertising messages.

regularly

PREP

to

Definitions

verb

1

To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).

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.

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.

2

To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.

3

To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.

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

4

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.

5

To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.

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.

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Synonyms

noun — the exposure of an impostor or a fraud

unmasking

verb — expose while ridiculing

debunk

verb — make known to the public information that was previously kno

verb — put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

verb — remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body

uncover

verb — reveal to view as by removing a cover

verb — to show, make visible or apparent

Antonyms

cover

Idioms & Phrases

expose oneself

To display one's genitalia in a public place or in other inappropriate circumstances.

The police arrested the man who had exposed himself in public.

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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 polic

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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 o

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03

Many supporters believed Donald Trump would finally expose government cover-ups once he returned to power. But more than six months into his new term, those much-hyped conspiracy theories have either

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04

We should sometimes expose our bodies to the sun.

Tatoeba · #22936

05

Don't expose the tapes to the sun.

Tatoeba · #39644

06

Don't expose it to the rain.

Tatoeba · #41865

Collocations

(verb.) uncover sth

(verb.) show the truth

(verb.) to sth harmful

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expose oneself

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