Exposition

Noun

 * 1) The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
 * 2) The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.
 * 3) The act of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing.
 * 4)  The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
 * 5)  An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
 * 6)  An opening section in fiction, including novel, play, and movie, by which background information about the characters, events, or setting is conveyed.
 * 7)  The opening section of a fugue; the opening section of a movement in sonata form

Derived terms

 * expositional
 * expositionary

Related terms

 * exhibition

Adjectives for Exposition
comprehensive; simply written; progressive; ever-varying; precise; lucid; striking; suitable; masterly; contemporaneous; courteous; erroneous;  chronological;   classic; sound; scientific; clear; serious; accurate; amusing; brilliant; pretentious; concise; skillful; enthusiastic; daring; illuminating; consummate; distinguished; subtle; straight-forward; ethnographical; thrilling; well-reasoned; graphic; sane; forcible; passionate: lucid: fresh.

Verbs for Exposition
arrange—; attend—; conduct—; display at —; enter into—; finance—; hearken to—; interpret—; launch into—; present at—; prohibit—; publish—; recount—; render—; report—; show at—; view—; —advocates; —awes; —confuses;  —explains;  —expounds; —interests.

Thesaurus
allegorization, anacrusis, apocalypse, article, assignment, auto show, baring, bass passage, bazaar, boat show, bourdon, bridge, burden, cadence, causerie, chalk talk, chorus, clarification, coda, commentary, commercial complex, construction, cosmorama, cracking, critique, cyclorama, decipherment, declaration, decoding, delineation, demonstration, demythologization, descant, description, development, diorama, disclosing, disclosure, discourse, discovering, discovery, discussion, display, disquisition, dissertation, division, editing, elucidation, emendation, emporium, enactment, enlightenment, enunciation, essay, etude, euhemerism, examination, excursus, exegesis, exemplification, exercise, exhibit, exhibition, explanation, explication, expo, expose, exposure, expounding, fair, feature, figure, first approach, flea fair, flea market, folderol, georama, harangue, harmonic close, homework, homily, illumination, illustration, instruction, interlude, intermezzo, interpretation, introductory phrase, introductory study, laying bare, lecture, lecture-demonstration, lesson, light, light show, lucubration, manifestation, market, market overt, marketplace, mart, measure, memoir, monograph, moral, moral lesson, morality, moralization, morceau, movement, musical phrase, musical sentence, myriorama, note, object lesson, open market, opening, ornament, ostentation, outline, pageant, pageantry, pandect, panorama, paper, parade, paragraph, part, passage, patefaction, performance, period, phantasmagoria, phrase, piece, plaza, pomp, preachment, preliminary study, presentation, presentment, production, projection, prolegomenon, psychedelic show, rationale, reason, recital, recitation, refrain, removing the veil, representation, research paper, resolution, response, retrospective, revealing, revealment, revelation, rialto, ritornello, screed, section, sermon, set task, shifting scene, shopping center, shopping mall, shopping plaza, show, showing, showing up, showup, sight, simplification, sketch, skull session, solution, special article, spectacle, stage show, stanza, staple, statement, strain, street market, stripping, study, survey, tableau, tableau vivant, tailpiece, talk, task, teaching, term paper, theme, thesis, tract, tractate, trade fair, treatise, treatment, tutti, tutti passage, uncloaking, uncovering, unfolding, unfoldment, unlocking, unmasking, unveiling, unwrapping, variation, varnishing day, vernissage, verse

Etymology
Adopted from the exposition:, itself an adaptation of the  exponere:.

Translations

 * Finnish: esittely, altistaminen


 * Arabic: معرض
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 博覽會, 博览会
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ekspositsioon
 * Finnish: esittely
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: एक्स्पज़िशन
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: expozo
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 박람회 (博覽會)
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian: utstilling
 * Nynorsk: utstilling
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, expunere
 * Russian:, экспозиция
 * Serbo-Croatian: изложба, izložba
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: งานแสดง
 * Vietnamese: sự phơi, sự phơi bày


 * Finnish: esittely


 * Czech:
 * Finnish: esitelmä
 * Greek:


 * Macedonian: излагање, изложување
 * Romanian: expunere


 * Finnish: esittely


 * Finnish: esittely


 * Slovak: expozícia