About The Word Exposition
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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]
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