# expose

Pronunciation: say "ik-SPOHZ" US /ɪkˈspoʊz/, UK /ɪkˈspəʊz/

## Verb

1. To reveal or uncover something previously hidden, bringing it to public attention.
   - Simple: To show something that was hidden or kept secret.
   - _Investigators expose fraud by tracing the money through every account._
   - _The documentary exposed widespread abuse in the industry._
2. To subject a person, animal, or material to a dangerous substance or stress in order to test its reaction or resistance.
   - Simple: To put a person or thing in contact with something harmful to see what happens.
   - _Researchers expose volunteers to common allergens to measure their immune response._
   - _The team exposed the coating to intense heat to check its durability._
3. To subject photographic film to light so that an image is recorded.
   - Simple: To let light hit camera film so that it records a picture.
   - _Old cameras expose a strip of film one frame at a time._
   - _He exposed several plates before the light faded._
4. To make a function, data, or feature available to other parts of a program or to other programs.
   - Simple: To let other programs or parts of a program use something.
   - _Well-designed modules expose a clear interface and hide their internal details._
   - _The service exposed its database directly, creating a security risk._
5. To abandon someone, especially an unwanted infant, by leaving them in the wilderness.
   - Simple: To leave an unwanted baby alone outside in a wild place.
   - _Desperate families would sometimes expose newborns they could not raise, leaving them beyond the city walls._
   - _Legend says the shepherd found the twins their mother had exposed on the hillside._

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle French exposer ("to lay open, set forth"), from Latin expōnō ("set forth"), with influence from poser ("to lay, place"). It is a doublet of expone and expound, all from the same Latin term.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/expose (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).