expose meaning and definition

EXPOSE noun

Definition of expose (noun)

1. the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
   • "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
   • synonyms: unmasking

EXPOSE verb

Definition of expose (verb)

1. expose or make accessible to some action or influence
   • "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"
2. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
   • "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
   • synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap
3. to show, make visible or apparent
   • "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
   • synonyms: display, exhibit
4. remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
   • "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"
   • synonyms: uncover
   • antonym: cover
5. disclose to view as by removing a cover
   • "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"
   • synonyms: disclose
6. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
   • synonyms: endanger, peril, queer, scupper
7. expose to light, of photographic film
8. expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
   • "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
   • synonyms: debunk
9. abandon by leaving out in the open air
   • "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"