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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1605}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə/, /ekˈspəʊ.ʒə/, US /ɪkˈspoʊ.ʒɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|en|expose|-ure]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(MWU 2024) on the pattern of words such as [[enclosure]].^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Public display or exhibition: about 1600 in Etymonline, 1605 in the OED and MWU.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Leaving without shelter or defence is from 1606.^(OED 1989) A building's position with regard to sun and weather is from the 1660s.^(Etymonline) The photographic sense, exposing a sensitive surface to light, is from 1839.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) ''Indecent exposure'' is attested by 1825, 1851 in the OED,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and the unmasking of something discreditable from 1826.^(OED 1989) Being brought to public notice, as by the media, is from 1956.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1605 – public display.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1606 – being left without shelter.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1660s – a building's aspect.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1826 – unmasking of wrongdoing.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1839 – in photography.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1956 – publicity.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The state of being exposed to something, such as danger or a harmful substance.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Harm to the body from lack of shelter in cold weather: ''to die of exposure''.^(Collins 2023)

+ # The revealing of something hidden or shameful.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # Publicity, appearance in the [[media]].^(AHD)

+ # The direction a building faces: ''a southern exposure''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(photography)'' The act of letting light reach a [[film]], or a single picture so made.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[autoexposure]]

+ * [[nonexposure]]

+ * [[overexposure]]

+ * [[postexposure]]

+ * [[preexposure]]

+ * [[reexposure]]

+ * [[underexposure]]

+ * [[double exposure]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[expose]]

+ * [[exposition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}