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expose
1[ ik-spohz ]
verb (used with object)
- to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.:
to expose soldiers to gunfire;
to expose one's character to attack.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to lay open to something specified:
to expose oneself to the influence of bad companions.
Antonyms: ,
- to uncover or bare to the air, cold, etc.:
to expose one's head to the rain.
- to present to view; exhibit; display:
The storekeeper exposed his wares.
- to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: ,
- to reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.):
to expose a swindler.
- to hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).
- to desert in an unsheltered or open place; abandon, as a child.
- to subject, as to the action of something:
to expose a photographic plate to light.
Dzé
2[ ek-spoh-zey ]
noun
- a public exposure or revelation, as of something discreditable:
Certain cheap magazines make a fortune out of sensational Dzés.
Dzé
1/ ɛˈəʊɪ /
noun
- the act or an instance of bringing a scandal, crime, etc, to public notice
- an article, book, or statement that discloses a scandal, crime, etc
expose
2/ ɪˈəʊ /
verb
- to display for viewing; exhibit
- to bring to public notice; disclose; reveal
to expose the facts
- to divulge the identity of; unmask
- foll by to to make subject or susceptible (to attack, criticism, etc)
- to abandon (a child, animal, etc) in the open to die
- foll by to to introduce (to) or acquaint (with)
he was exposed to the classics at an early age
- photog to subject (a photographic film or plate) to light, X-rays, or some other type of actinic radiation
- RC Church to exhibit (the consecrated Eucharistic Host or a relic) for public veneration
- expose oneselfto display one's sexual organs in public
Derived Forms
- ˈDz, noun
- ˈDz, noun
- ˈDz, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·Dza· adjective
- ·Dza·i·ٲ noun
- ·Dzİ noun
- -·DziԲ adjective
- un·Dza· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of expose1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of expose1
Idioms and Phrases
- expose oneself, to exhibit one's body, especially one's genitals, publicly in an immodest or exhibitionistic manner.
Example Sentences
If these conditions persist, he warned it could hamper a tree's ability to carry out photosynthesis, reducing growth and leaving them exposed to further decline over the summer.
Inter had conceded just five goals in this season's Champions League and with Barcelona's high-line tactics exposing their own defensive weaknesses, the Serie A side were able to take advantage.
While the errors from his victories over Ali Carter and Pang Junxu were still present against Si, particularly from long range, nobody as yet has shown themselves capable of ruthlessly exposing them.
With each new Vietnam War documentary, we’re exposed to information we didn’t previously have and tragedies we didn't know about.
The central QAnon belief is that a secret cabal of Satanic pedophilic Democrats runs much of the world and that Trump is prophesied to be a savior who will expose them all.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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