Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To reveal; to uncover; to make visible; to bring to light.

    aufdecken, offenbaren, entblößen

    выставля́тьvystavljátʹ, раскрыва́тьraskryvátʹ, обнажа́тьobnažátʹ

    виставля́тиvystavljáty, розкрива́тиrozkryváty

    to show, make visible or apparent

  2. (transitive)To subject photographic film to light, thereby recording an image.

    belichten

    де́лать вы́держкуdélatʹ výderžku

    expose to light, of photographic film

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

    Residents were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.

    піддава́ти ді́їpiddaváty díji

  4. (transitive)To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.

    to expose an API

  5. (transitive)To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.

Examples

274 sentences

  1. Don't expose it to the rain.

    Не лишай його під дощем.

    ruНе оставляй это под дождём.

    deSetze es nicht dem Regen aus.

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  2. Tom exposed Mary as a fraud.

    ruТом выставил Мэри обманщицей.

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  3. You're in danger of being exposed.

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  4. Tom will be exposed.

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  5. I feel pretty exposed.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to:
to submit to an active substance:
Русский
By meaning 3
to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to:
to uncover something so it is open to the elements:
to subject photographic film to light:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to:
to uncover something so it is open to the elements:
to subject photographic film to light:

Origin

From Middle English exposen, from Old French exposer (“to lay open, set forth”), from Lati

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.

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Forms

exposes, exposing, exposed, exposed
Base formexpose · to expose
3rd person singularexposes
Present participleexposing
Past simpleexposed
Past participleexposed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyexpose
he, she, itexposes

Past simpleLesson

all personsexposed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave exposed
he, she, ithas exposed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill expose

Synonyms

31 synonyms
bareB2betrayB2displayB1openA1revealA2showA1uncoverB1unfoldB1bewrayfind outlay barelusternakeuncloak
Close in meaning

Word family

14 related words
Relatedexposure
Derivedautoexposecoexposeexposableexposalexpose oneselfexpositionexposomehyperexposeoverexposephotoexposepreexposereexposeunderexpose

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
exportB2exporterexpositionexpostulateexposureexpound
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