exposition

  • 1EXPOSITION — Les expositions prennent dans la vie culturelle une place toujours plus importante, au point que des réactions apparaissent pour en déplorer les éventuels excès, tenant soit à la saturation du public concerné, soit, en ce qui concerne les… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 2exposition — Exposition. s. f. Action, ou l effet de l action par laquelle une chose est exposée en veüe. Il luy fit une exposition fidelle de tous ses biens. l exposition sincere qu il luy en fit fut fort utile à ses pretentions. il en fit l exposition aux… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 3exposition — 1 fair, *exhibition, exhibit, show 2 Exposition, exposure, exposé are comparable when they mean a setting forth or laying open of a thing or things hitherto not known or fully understood. Exposition (see also EXHIBITION) often implies a display… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 4Exposition — Ex po*si tion, n. [L. expositio, fr. exponere, expositum: cf. F. exposition. See {Expound}.] 1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5Exposition — may refer to*Exposition (literary technique), a tece of dramatic structure in which undepicted plots elements are conveyed in dialogue, description, flashback or narrative *Expository writing, a genre in which the purpose is to inform, explain,… …

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  • 6exposition — ex‧po‧si‧tion [ˌekspəˈzɪʆn] noun [countable] formal 1. MARKETING a large international show that is open to the public, where new products, especially industrial products, can be seen; = EXHIBITION: • the Enterprise Computing Exposition …

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  • 7exposition — late 14c., explanation, narration, from O.Fr. esposicion (12c.), from L. expositionem (nom. expositio) a setting or showing forth, noun of action from pp. stem of exponere (see EXPOUND (Cf. expound)). The meaning public display is first recorded… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 8exposition — [n1] written description account, analysis, annotation, article, comment, commentary, composition, construal, construction, critique, delineation, details, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, editorial, elucidation, enucleation,… …

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  • 9exposition — [eks΄pə zish′ən] n. [ME exposicioun < OFr exposition < L expositio < expositus, pp. of exponere: see EXPOUND] 1. a setting forth of facts, ideas, etc.; detailed explanation 2. writing or speaking that sets forth or explains 3. [< Fr]… …

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  • 10Exposition — (v. lat.), 1) Aussetzung, z.B. Expositĭo infantum, Aussetzung der Kinder (s.d.); 2) Ausstellung; z.B. Expositĭo sanctissĭmi, in der Katholischen Kirche die Ausstellungdes Allerheiligen, s.u. Ausstellung 4); 3) Erklärung, Auslegung; 4) der zweite… …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon