Definition of EXPOSITION

exposition

Meanings

Plural: expositions

Noun

  • a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic
  • a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
  • an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse
    • "we would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background"
  • (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur
  • The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
  • The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing, in nonfiction or in fiction; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe or explain a set of things (such as, in fiction, the setting, characters and other non-plot elements).
  • The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
  • An exhibition, especially of goods, artwork or cultural displays to the public.
  • An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
  • An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
  • The opening section of a movement in sonata form; the opening section of a fugue.
  • The abandonment of an unwanted child.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English exposicioun, from Old French esposicion, from Latin expositiō, from expōnere (“to put forth”). The sense meaning "exhibition" is a later semantic loan from French exposition.

Scrabble Score: 19

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Words With Friends Score: 21

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