transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪkspoʊz ]
( exposes, exposing, exposed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
To expose something that is usually hidden means to uncover it so that it can be seen.
Lowered sea levels exposed the shallow continental shelf beneath the Bering Sea...
...the exposed brickwork.
VERB : V n , V-ed
2.
To expose a person or situation means to reveal that they are bad or immoral in some way.
The Budget does expose the lies ministers were telling a year ago...
He has simply been exposed as an adulterer and a fool.
VERB : V n , be V-ed as n / adj , also V n as n / adj
3.
If someone is exposed to something dangerous or unpleasant, they are put in a situation in which it might affect them.
They had not been exposed to most diseases common to urban populations...
A wise mother never exposes her children to the slightest possibility of danger.
...people exposed to high levels of radiation.
VERB : be V-ed to n , V n to n , V-ed
4.
If someone is exposed to an idea or feeling, usually a new one, they are given experience of it, or introduced to it.
...local people who’ve not been exposed to glimpses of Western life before...
These units exposed children to many viewpoints of a given issue.
VERB : be V-ed to n , V n to n
5.
A man who exposes himself shows people his genitals in a public place, usually because he is mentally or emotionally disturbed.
Smith admitted indecently exposing himself on Wimbledon Common.
VERB : V pron-refl