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| exposition | |
| 1. n. The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight. |  |
| 2. n. (authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, charact | |
| This essay has too much exposition in it. | |
| My reviewer said she couldn't picture the setting for my story, so I'm improving the exposition. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place. | |
| 4. n. An event at which goods, artwork and cultural displays are open for the public to view. | |
| The first prototype was unveiled at an exposition. | |
| 5. n. (authorship) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail. | |
| I turned my research into an exposition on the traditional music of Borneo. | |
| 6. n. (authorship) An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed. | |
| 7. n. (music) The opening section of a fugue; the opening section of a movement in sonata form | |
| 8. n. The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show. | |
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