expose
To reveal; to uncover; to make visible; to bring to light.
Verb 4 meanings
To reveal; to uncover; to make visible; to bring to light.
To subject photographic film to light, thereby recording an image.
To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance, such as radiation, a chemical, or any other stress.
“Residents were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.”
To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.
“to expose an API”
Etymology
From Middle English exposen, from Old French exposer (“to lay open, set forth”), from Latin expōnō (“set forth”), with contamination from poser (“to lay, place”). Doublet of expone and expound (via Old French espondre (“to set forth, explain”)), from the same Latin term.
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EXPOSE at a glance
EXPOSE has 6 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (E 1 + X 8 + P 3 + O 1 + S 1 + E 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,224 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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