exposition
/ɛkspəˈzɪʃən/
Frequency: 3.59 in modern English
Meaning
noun
The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing, in nonfiction or in fiction; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe or explain a set of things (such as, in fiction, the setting, characters and other non-plot elements).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An exhibition, especially of goods, artwork or cultural displays to the public.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "This essay has too much exposition in it."
- "My reviewer said she couldn't picture the setting for my story, so I'm improving the exposition."
- "The articles published were all by professed Marxists, but in the first few years readers were given sound information on contemporary philosophy outside Russia, for example, that of Husserl, and the general level of exposition was a great deal higher than in the standard philosophical writings of later years."
- "The first prototype was unveiled at an exposition."
- "I turned my research into an exposition on the traditional music of Borneo."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: exposicioun, esposicion, expositiō