Sample sentences for EXPOSITION

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Definition

a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) on public display — typically shown for a limited time (such as six months)

or:

a detailed explanation or background of a specific topic

A comprehensive dictionary will contain specialized meanings in music, literature, and theatre.

The energy exposition is to be held in Dubai.

exposition = a collection of things on public display

It was displayed at the famous exposition in Paris in 1900.

exposition = a collection of things on public display

The organization's World expos are held once each five years.

expos = collections of things on public display

We would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background.

exposition = detailed explanation

The first few episodes require more exposition and explanation as the audience learns about the characters.

exposition = explanation of background

A most courteous exposition.
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

exposition = explanation

When that your flock, assembled by the bell,
Encircled you to hear with reverence
Your exposition on the holy text
Shakespeare, William -- King Henry IV, Part 2
He worked away for an hour, all the while delivering an exposition on the art of chopping wood.
London, Jack -- The Valley of the Moon
His exposition of idealism was founded on the teachings of Socrates.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays
The Bible, like many ancient texts, is a detailed exposition of the most sophisticated machine ever created .... the human mind.
Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
We arrived in the city around noon, and I unloaded my displays at the cavernous Indiana Exposition Hall.
Homer Hickam -- October Sky
I believe in humility, though my confession and exposition of the humility I believe in would run into an old fashioned two- or three-hour sermon.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe
JIM: Well, it was quite a wonderful exposition.
Tennessee Williams -- The Glass Menagerie
But, I pray you, let none of your people stir me; I have an exposition of sleep come upon me.
William Shakespeare -- A Midsummer Night's Dream
For one short hour you are permitted to drink in the eternal beauty of the old masters without needless interpretation or exposition.
Helen Keller -- Story of My Life
But they sometimes stopped short of the complete exposition of their thought, and then sought to invent a phrase that might express it all the same.
Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary
"Na, I've been very literal and upright in my exposition of matters.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pathfinder
A hastily prepared supper was brought in, and Clare made further exposition of his plans.
Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
I refer to the address which I delivered at the opening of the Atlanta Cotton states and International Exposition, at Atlanta, Ga.
Booker T. Washington -- Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
Then he abused her, and went into passionate exposition of his stuff.
D.H. Lawrence -- Sons and Lovers

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