Thesaurus: exposition

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1. n. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.
2. n. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary.
3. n. Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun.
4. n. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878.
5. n. a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic
6. n. a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
7. n. an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse
8. n. (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur
9. 1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view. 2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary. You know the law; your exposition Hath been most sound. Shak. 3. Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun. [Obs.] Arbuthnot. 4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A Gallicism]
10. n:100 n. a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic n. an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse n. (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur