Meanings
present singular third person exposes · participle present exposing · participle past exposed · past exposed · first person past singular exposed · archaic present second person singular exposest · past second person singular exposed · archaic past second person singular exposedst · present singular third person exposes · archaic present singular third person exposeth · past singular third person exposed · past plural exposed · past subjunctive exposed · participle present exposing · participle past exposed
- transitiveTo reveal; to uncover; to make visible; to bring to light.
The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.
2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 181 more example
Many supporters believed Donald Trump would finally expose government cover-ups once he returned to power. But more than six months into his new term, those much-hyped conspiracy theories have either been debunked or quietly fallen apart.
2025 July 10, Jesus Mesa, “'We've Been Played': MAGA Faces Its Own Disappointment With Trump”, in NewsweekSynonyms: bare, bewray, betray, display, find out, lay bare, luster, nake
- transitiveTo submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance, such as radiation, a chemical, or any other stress.
Residents were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.
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You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to Content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive.
2021 August 19, “Twitter User Agreement”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2021, 3 Content on the Services - transitivecomputingTo make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.
to expose an API
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In the OO world, the word is to hide the structure of the data, and expose only functionality. OO designers expose an object to the world in terms of the services it provides.
2000, Robert C. Martin, More C++ Gems, page 266 - transitiveTo abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
This they do, as a rule, by exposing the child or throwing it into the sea.
1893, Fridtjof Nansen, Eskimo Life, page 152
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo reveal; to uncover; to make visible; to bring to light.
More synonyms by meaning
verbmake known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
verbremove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
verbput in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
verbexpose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchespondre“to set forth, explain”
- Latinexpōnō“set forth”
- Old Frenchexposer“to lay open, set forth”
- Middle Englishexposen
- Englishexpose
From Middle English exposen, from Old French exposer (“to lay open, set forth”), from Latin expōnō (“set forth”), with contamination from poser (“to lay, place”). Doublet of expone and expound (via Old French espondre (“to set forth, explain”)), from the same Latin term.
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Bulgarian откривам, разкривам
- откривам (otkrivam)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- разкривам (razkrivam)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- експонирам (eksponiram)to subject photographic film to light
Catalan mostrar, expondre
- mostrarto uncover something so it is open to the elements
- expondreto uncover something so it is open to the elements
- deixar al descobertto uncover something so it is open to the elements
Chinese Mandarin 揭露, 暴露
- 揭露 (jiēlù)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- 暴露 (bàolù)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- 露出 (lùchū)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- 揭發 /揭发 (jiēfā)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- 曝光 (pùguāng)to subject photographic film to light
Czech vystavit, odhalit
- vystavitto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- odhalitto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- exponovatto subject photographic film to light
Dutch zichtbaar maken, blootleggen
- zichtbaar makento reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- blootleggento reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- exposerento reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- blootstellento subject photographic film to light
Esperanto elmeti, eksponi
- elmetito reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- eksponito subject photographic film to light
Finnish paljastaa, paljastaa
- paljastaato reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- paljastaato uncover something so it is open to the elements
- altistaato uncover something so it is open to the elements
- valottaato subject photographic film to light
- altistaato submit to an active substance
French exposer, dénoncer
- exposerto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- dénoncerto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- exposerto uncover something so it is open to the elements
- exposerto subject photographic film to light
German aufdecken, offenbaren
- aufdeckento reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- offenbarento reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- entblößento reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- bloßlegento reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- enttarnento reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- aussetzento uncover something so it is open to the elements
- belichtento subject photographic film to light
Greek αποκαλύπτω, εκθέτω
- αποκαλύπτω (apokalýpto)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- εκθέτω (ekthéto)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- εκθέτω (ekthéto)to subject photographic film to light
Hindi खोलना, उघाड़ना
- खोलना (kholnā)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- उघाड़ना (ughāṛnā)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
Indonesian papar
- paparto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
Italian esporre, evidenziare
- esporreto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- evidenziareto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- rivelareto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- mettere in luceto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- mostrareto uncover something so it is open to the elements
- esporreto uncover something so it is open to the elements
- esporreto subject photographic film to light
Japanese 晒す, 暴く
- 晒す (sarasu)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- 暴く (abaku)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- 暴露する (bakuro-surú)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- 露光させる (rokō-saseru)to subject photographic film to light
Latin discooperio, monstrō
- discooperioto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- monstrōto uncover something so it is open to the elements
- expōnōto uncover something so it is open to the elements
Lithuanian atskleisti
- atskleistito reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
Malay dedah
- dedahto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
Māori rakorako, whakaari
- rakorakoto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- whakaarito reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- hurato reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- whakapūangiangito reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- pārarato reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- kōhureto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- whakatokito reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- tīarito reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- whakapūangiangito uncover something so it is open to the elements
- whakatokito uncover something so it is open to the elements
- hurato subject photographic film to light
- whakamōreato submit to an active substance
Polish odsłonić, ukazać
- odsłonićto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- ukazaćto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- naświetlićto subject photographic film to light
- eksponowaćto subject photographic film to light
Portuguese expor, revelar
- exporto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- revelarto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- exporto uncover something so it is open to the elements
- mostrarto uncover something so it is open to the elements
- exporto subject photographic film to light
Romanian expune, expune
- expuneto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- expuneto subject photographic film to light
Russian выставля́ть, раскрыва́ть
- выставля́ть (vystavljátʹ)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- раскрыва́ть (raskryvátʹ)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- обнажа́ть (obnažátʹ)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- раскрывать (raskryvatʹ)to uncover something so it is open to the elements
- де́лать вы́держку (délatʹ výderžku)to subject photographic film to light
Scottish Gaelic foillsich, rùisg
- foillsichto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- rùisgto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- nochdto subject photographic film to light
Spanish exponer, develar
- exponerto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- develarto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- dar a conocerto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- sacar a la luzto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- poner al descubiertoto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- poner en evidenciato reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- mostrarto uncover something so it is open to the elements
- exponerto uncover something so it is open to the elements
- exponerto subject photographic film to light
Swahili kufunua
- kufunuato reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
Swedish blottlägga, exposera
- blottläggato reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- exposerato uncover something so it is open to the elements
- exponerato subject photographic film to light
Thai เผย, เปิดเผย
- เผย (pə̌əi)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- เปิดเผย (bpə̀ət-pə̌əi)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- เปิดโปง (bpə̀ət-bpoong)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- แฉ (chɛ̌ɛ)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
Turkish açığa çıkarmak
- açığa çıkarmakto reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
Ukrainian виставля́ти, розкрива́ти
- виставля́ти (vystavljáty)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- розкрива́ти (rozkryváty)to reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to
- піддава́ти ді́ї (piddaváty díji)to submit to an active substance
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with expose
Cite this entry
expose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expose
“expose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expose. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expose,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expose.
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