Meaning & Definition of Expose in English

1. The exposure of an impostor or a fraud

• "He published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"

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"

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"

4. Remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body

• "Uncover your belly"

• "The man exposed himself in the subway"

5. Disclose to view as by removing a cover

• "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"

6. Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

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"

9. Abandon by leaving out in the open air

• "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"

• "After christmas, many pets get abandoned"