expose English · revision 10649

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1474|origins=frm exposer|origins=la exponere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ɪkˈspəʊz/, US /ɪkˈspoʊz/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|exposer]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) which replaced Latin expōnere, to set forth, lay open, explain (see [[expound]]), by confusion with poser, to place (see [[pose]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) and was influenced by its participle expositus.^(NODE 1998)^(MWU 2024) Barnhart thinks it may in part be a back-formation from [[exposition]].^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To lay open, set forth, make known: before 1422;^(Barnhart 1988) to lay open to danger or ridicule, 1474 in the OED;^(OED 1989) to leave without shelter, the early 15th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To leave something without shelter is from about 1477,^(OED 1989) and to abandon an infant from 1611.^(OED 1989) To exhibit openly is from the 1620s, and to unmask from the 1690s.^(Etymonline) The photographic sense, to subject film to light, is from 1839.^(Etymonline) The noun exposé, a revealing of crime or scandal, is from 1803, first as a French word in reference to Napoleon.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1422 – to lay open.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1474 – to expose to danger.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1611 – to abandon an infant.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1690s – to unmask.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1803 – exposé.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1839 – photographic sense.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To uncover or leave unprotected, as to danger, weather or harm.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To make known something hidden or shameful; to [[reveal]] or unmask.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To let light fall on a photographic [[film]].^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # To display for viewing.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exposer]]

+ * [[exposable]]

+ * [[exposability]]

+ * [[exposal]]

+ * [[exposition]]

+ * [[exposure]]

+ * [[overexpose]]

+ * [[preexpose]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[expound]]

+ * [[pose]]

+ * [[exposé]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The noun exposé is pronounced /ekˈspəʊ.zeɪ/ in British English and /ˌek.spoʊˈzeɪ/ in American English.^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}