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Exposition

Exposition Meaning & Definition
Exposition Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Exposition?

[n] an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse; "we would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background"
[n] a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic
[n] a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display

Synonyms | Synonyms for Exposition: exhibition | expo | expounding

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See Also | account | accumulation | aggregation | art exhibition | assemblage | collection | explanation | fair | interpretation | peepshow | philosophizing | raree-show

Exposition In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex`po*si"tion\, n. [L. expositio, fr. exponere, expositum: cf. F. exposition. See {Expound}.] 1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view. 2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary. You know the law; your exposition Hath been most sound. --Shak. 3. Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot. 4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A Gallicism]

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