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Exposition

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 Related Terms \| Find terms related to Exposition: allegorization \| anacrusis \| apocalypse \| article \| assignment \| auto show \| baring \| bass passage \| bazaar \| boat show \| bourdon \| bridge \| burden \| cadence \| causerie \| chalk talk \| chorus \| clarification \| coda \| commentary \| commercial complex \| construction \| cosmorama \| cracking \| critique \| cyclorama \| decipherment \| declaration \| decoding \| delineation \| demonstration \| demythologization \| descant \| description \| development \| diorama \| disclosing \| disclosure \| discourse \| discovering \| discovery \| discussion \| display \| disquisition \| dissertation \| division \| editing \| elucidation \| emendation \| emporium \| enactment \| enlightenment \| enunciation \| essay \| etude \| euhemerism \| examination \| excursus \| exegesis \| exemplification \| exercise \| exhibit \| exhibition \| explanation \| explication \| expo \| expose \| exposure \| expounding \| fair \| feature \| figure \| first approach \| flea fair \| flea market \| folderol \| georama \| harangue \| harmonic close \| homework \| homily \| illumination \| illustration \| instruction \| interlude \| intermezzo \| interpretation \| introductory phrase \| introductory study \| laying bare \| lecture \| lecture-demonstration \| lesson \| light \| light show \| lucubration \| manifestation \| market \| market overt \| marketplace \| mart \| measure \| memoir \| monograph \| moral \| moral lesson \| morality \| moralization \| morceau \| movement \| musical phrase \| musical sentence \| myriorama \| note \| object lesson \| open market \| opening \| ornament \| ostentation \| outline \| pageant \| pageantry \| pandect \| panorama \| paper \| parade \| paragraph \| part \| passage \| patefaction \| performance \| period \| phantasmagoria \| phrase \| piece \| plaza \| pomp \| preachment \| preliminary study \| presentation \| presentment \| production \| projection \| prolegomenon \| psychedelic show \| rationale \| reason \| recital \| recitation \| refrain \| removing the veil \| representation \| research paper \| resolution \| response \| retrospective \| revealing \| revealment \| revelation \| rialto \| ritornello \| screed \| section \| sermon \| set task \| shifting scene \| shopping center \| shopping mall \| shopping plaza \| show \| showing \| showing up \| showup \| sight \| simplification \| sketch \| skull session \| solution \| special article \| spectacle \| stage show \| stanza \| staple \| statement \| strain \| street market \| stripping \| study \| survey \| tableau \| tableau vivant \| tailpiece \| talk \| task \| teaching \| term paper \| theme \| thesis \| tract \| tractate \| trade fair \| treatise \| treatment \| tutti \| tutti passage \| uncloaking \| uncovering \| unfolding \| unfoldment \| unlocking \| unmasking \| unveiling \| unwrapping \| variation \| varnishing day \| vernissage \| verse 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]

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

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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