exposition
The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
Other meanings
The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing, in nonfiction or in fiction
“This essay has too much exposition in it.”
An , especially of goods, artwork or cultural displays to the public.
“The first prototype was unveiled at an exposition.”
Synonyms
- exhibition
Related words
- counterexposition
- expo
- expositional
- expositionary
- misexposition
- sexposition
Word history
From Latin "expositiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “exposition” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.