VERB | perception | expose | expose or make accessible to some action or influence |
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communication | expose, unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | |
perception | expose, exhibit, display | to show, make visible or apparent | |
contact | expose, uncover | remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body | |
perception | expose, disclose, uncover | disclose to view as by removing a cover | |
communication | expose, queer, scupper, endanger, peril | put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position | |
perception | expose | expose to light, of photographic film | |
communication | expose, debunk | expose while ridiculing | |
cognition | expose | abandon by leaving out in the open air | |
NOUN | communication | expose, unmasking | the exposure of an impostor or a fraud / fraud |
Sounds | ihkspow'z | |
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Rhymes | Ambrose ... Windows: 49 rhymes with owz... |
Meaning | The exposure of an impostor or a fraud / fraud. | |
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Example | "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government" | |
Synonym | unmasking | |
Broader | exposure | The disclosure of something secret |
Spanish | desenmascaramiento | |
Verbs | expose | expose while ridiculing |
expose | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret |
Meaning | expose or make accessible to some action or influence. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
Examples |
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Narrower | air out, air, aerate | expose to fresh air |
overexpose | expose excessively | |
sun, insolate, solarize, solarise | expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun | |
underexpose | expose insufficiently | |
ventilate | expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage | |
Broader | subject | Cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to |
Spanish | exponer | |
Nouns | exposure | the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience |
exposure | vulnerability to the elements |
Meaning | To show, make visible or apparent. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | exhibit, display | |
Narrower | bench | Exhibit on a bench |
brandish | Exhibit aggressively | |
flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank | Display proudly | |
hold up | hold up something as an example | |
model | Display (clothes) as a mannequin | |
model, pose, sit, posture | assume a posture as for artistic purposes | |
moon | expose one's buttocks to | |
open | Display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer | |
pillory, gibbet | expose to ridicule or public scorn | |
produce, bring forth | bring out for display | |
Broader | show | make visible or noticeable |
Spanish | desplegar, exhibir, exponer, mostrar, presentar | |
Catalan | desplegar, exhibir, exposar, mostrar, presentar | |
Nouns | exposure | presentation to view in an open or public manner |
Meaning | Remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "The man exposed himself in the subway" | |
Synonym | uncover | |
Narrower | bare | lay bare |
unclothe | Take the covers off | |
undrape | strip something of drapery | |
unmask | Take the mask off | |
unveil | Remove the veil from | |
unwrap, undo | Remove the outer cover or wrapping of | |
Opposite | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
Spanish | descubrir, destapar, exponer | |
Catalan | descobrir, despullar |
Meaning | disclose to view as by removing a cover. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | disclose, uncover | |
Narrower | face | Turn so as to expose the face / face |
Broader | bring out, unveil, reveal | make visible |
Spanish | dar a conocer, mostrar, revelar | |
Catalan | revelar | |
Nouns | exposure | presentation to view in an open or public manner |
Meaning | put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | queer, scupper, endanger, peril | |
Narrower | compromise | expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute |
Broader | affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch | Have an effect upon |
Spanish | arriesgar, comprometer, exponer | |
Catalan | arriscar, comprometre, exposar | |
Nouns | exposure | the state of being vulnerable or exposed |
Meaning | expose to light, of photographic film. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Category | photography, picture taking | The act of taking and printing photographs |
Narrower | overexpose | expose to too much light |
underexpose | expose to too little light | |
Broader | subject | Cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to |
Spanish | exponer | |
Catalan | exposar | |
Nouns | exposure | the act of exposing film to light |
exposure | the intensity of light falling on a photographic ... / photographic film or plate |
Meaning | expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false / false claims and ideas. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | debunk | |
Narrower | unmask, uncloak | reveal the true nature of |
Broader | ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun | subject to laughter or ridicule |
Spanish | desacreditar | |
Nouns | expose | the exposure of an impostor or a fraud / fraud |
Meaning | abandon by leaving out in the open air. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Example | "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother" | |
Broader | abandon, forsake, desolate, desert | Leave someone who needs or counts on you |
Nouns | exposure | abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open) |
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