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/ɪkˈspəʊz/
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/ɪkˈspoʊz/
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/ɛkˈspoʊz/
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ɪkˈspəʊz
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ɪkˈspoʊz
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Verb
To reveal; to uncover; to make visible; to bring to light.
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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 policies.
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 been debunked or quietly fallen apart.
To subject photographic film to light, thereby recording an image.
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To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance, such as radiation, a chemical, or any other stress.
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Residents were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.
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To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.
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to expose an API
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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.
To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
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This they do, as a rule, by exposing the child or throwing it into the sea.
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the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
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he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government
Verb
expose or make accessible to some action or influence
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Expose your students to art
expose the blanket to sunshine
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
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The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
The actress won't reveal how old she is
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bring out the truth
he broke the news to her
unwrap the evidence in the murder case
The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings
to show, make visible or apparent
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The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month
Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?
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National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship
remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
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uncover your belly
The man exposed himself in the subway
reveal to view as by removing a cover
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The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set
put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
expose to light, of photographic film
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expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
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The physicist debunked the psychic's claims
abandon by leaving out in the open air
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The infant was exposed by the teenage mother
After Christmas, many pets get abandoned