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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.
- The organization's World expos are held once each five years.
- We would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background.
- The first few episodes require more exposition and explanation as the audience learns about the characters.
- A most courteous exposition.William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet
- When that your flock, assembled by the bell,
Encircled you to hear with reverence
Your exposition on the holy textShakespeare, 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
- 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
- A hastily prepared supper was brought in, and Clare made further exposition of his plans.Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Then he abused her, and went into passionate exposition of his stuff.D.H. Lawrence -- Sons and Lovers
exposition = a collection of things on public display
expos = collections of things on public display
exposition = detailed explanation
exposition = explanation of background
exposition = explanation