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expose
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[ verb ] expose or make accessible to some action or influence
Examples : "Expose your students to art" "expose the blanket to sunshine" Used in print (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)It was exposed to a high velocity gas_jet . This temperature was taken as environmental temperature to which the anode holder was exposed as_far_as radiation is concerned . (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)One sample , which had been exposed to the atmosphere after evacuation at 375 ` C , showed the presence of adsorbed water ( about 0.3 wt % ) as evidenced by a weak resonance line which was very narrow at room_temperature and which disappeared , due_to broadening , at low_temperature . (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)Following observation of the fact that the reaction rates of supposedly identical reaction mixtures prepared on the same filling manifold and exposed under identical conditions often differed by several hundred per_cent , a systematic series of experiments was undertaken to see whether the difficulty could be ascribed to the method of preparing the chlorine , to the effects of oxygen or moisture or to the effect of surface to volume ratio in the reaction tubes . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)A number of unique medical problems might be created when man is exposed to an infectious agent through the respiratory route rather_than by the natural portal of entry . Related terms subject subject air_out overexpose sun ventilate underexpose exposure |
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[ verb ] make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Examples "The auction house would not disclose the price" "She won't reveal her age" "bring out the truth" "he broke the news to her" Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)But if the Trial did not expose the special Nazi mania so deadly to Jews as_well_as to anyone upon whom it happened to light , neither did it warn very effectively against the ordinary anti-Semitism of which the Nazis made such effective use in Germany and wherever else they could find it . What more could be asked for a Trial intended to warn the world against anti-Semitism than this opportunity to expose the exact link between the respectable anti-Semite and the concentration-camp brute ? Nor did the Trial devote much attention to exposing the usefulness of anti-Semitism to the Nazis , both in building their own power and in destroying that of rival organizations and states . (Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)The traditional strategy of the South has been to expose the vices of the North , to demonstrate that the North possessed no superior virtue , to `` show the world that '' ( as James 's Christopher_Newman said to his adversaries ) `` however bad I may be , you 're not quite the people to say it '' . |
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[ verb ] to show, make visible or apparent
Examples : "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.." Used in print (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)The doctor opened the smallest of his cases , an unimposing straw bag , and exposed the contents for Alex 's inspection . |
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[ verb ] remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
Synonyms Examples "uncover your belly" "The man exposed himself in the subway" Used in print (Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)It was nine o_'_clock in the morning : the hour which , like a spade turning clods of earth , exposed to the day a myriad of busy creatures that had lain_dormant in the quiet night . |
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[ verb ] disclose to view as by removing a cover
Synonyms Examples "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" Used in print (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)Muller , nakedly exposed at the bright window like a deer pinned in a car 's headlights , threw down the rifle and turned to jump from the table ; his face wore a look of outrage . |
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[ verb ] put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
Used in print (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)In_truth , we can say that this broke the power of Senator_Joseph_McCarthy , who was finally exposed in full light to the American people . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (photography) expose to light, of photographic film
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