EXPOSURE


Meaning of EXPOSURE in English

(~s)

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.

N-UNCOUNT: usu N to n

2.

Exposure is the harmful effect on your body caused by very cold weather.

He was suffering from ~ and shock but his condition was said to be stable...

N-UNCOUNT

3.

The ~ of a well-known person is the revealing of the fact that they are bad or immoral in some way.

...the ~ of Anthony Blunt as a former Soviet spy...

N-UNCOUNT: usu with poss

4.

Exposure is publicity that a person, company, or product receives.

All the candidates have been getting an enormous amount of ~ on television and in the press.

= publicity

N-UNCOUNT

5.

In photography, an ~ is a single photograph. (TECHNICAL)

Larger drawings tend to require two or three ~s to cover them.

N-COUNT

6.

In photography, the ~ 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 ~.

N-VAR

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