transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪkspoʊʒə(r) ]
( exposures)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Exposure to something dangerous means being in a situation where it might affect you.
Exposure to lead is known to damage the brains of young children.
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2.
Exposure is the harmful effect on your body caused by very cold weather.
He was suffering from exposure and shock but his condition was said to be stable...
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3.
The exposure of a well-known person is the revealing of the fact that they are bad or immoral in some way.
...the exposure of Anthony Blunt as a former Soviet spy...
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4.
Exposure is publicity that a person, company, or product receives.
All the candidates have been getting an enormous amount of exposure on television and in the press.
= publicity
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5.
In photography, an exposure is a single photograph. ( TECHNICAL )
Larger drawings tend to require two or three exposures to cover them.
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6.
In photography, the exposure is the amount of light that is allowed to enter a camera when taking a photograph. ( TECHNICAL )
Against a deep blue sky or dark storm-clouds, you may need to reduce the exposure.
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