How do you pronounce expose?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɪkˈspoʊz/.

Where does expose come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

expose

/ɪkˈspoʊz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pose
IPA: /ɪkˈspoʊz/

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Meaning

verb

To reveal; to uncover; to make visible; to bring to light.

Transitive verb

verb

To subject photographic film to light, thereby recording an image.

Transitive verb

verb

To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance, such as radiation, a chemical, or any other stress.

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verb

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

Transitive verb

verb

To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.

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Example Sentences

"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."
"Residents were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation."
"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."
"to expose an API"
"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."

Etymology

From Middle English exposen, from Old French exposer (“to lay open, set forth”), from Latin expōnō (“set forth”), with contamination from poser (“to lay, place”). Doublet of expone and expound (via Old French espondre (“to set forth, explain”)), from the same Latin term.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *tḱey-, exposen, exposer, expōnō, espondre

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪkˈspoʊz/
British English: /ɪkˈspəʊz/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

exposes (present, singular) exposing (participle, present) exposed (participle, past) exposed (past) no-table-tags (table tags) glossary (inflection template) exposed (first person, past) exposest (archaic, present) exposed (past, second person) exposedst (archaic, past) exposeth (archaic, present) exposed (past, singular)

Derived Forms

autoexpose coexpose exposable exposal exposé exposition exposome exposure hyperexpose overexpose photoexpose preexpose

Phrases

expose oneself

Synonyms

bare bewray betray display expose find out lay bare luster nake open reveal show

Rhymes With

those shows goes knows rose suppose chose nose grows flows pose throws

expose

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