Definition of EXPOSITION. Meaning of EXPOSITION. Synonyms of EXPOSITION

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Definition of EXPOSITION

Exposition
Exposition 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. 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]

Meaning of EXPOSITION from wikipedia

- Look up exposition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Exposition (also the French for exhibition) may refer to: Universal exposition or World's Fair...
- The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate...
- "world's fair" is commonly used in the United States, while the French term, Exposition universelle ("universal exhibition") is used in most of Europe and Asia;...
- Narrative exposition, now often simply exposition, is the insertion of background information within a story or narrative. This information can be about...
- designed by Herman J. Schwarzmann. Nearly 10 million visitors attended the exposition, and 37 countries parti****ted in it. The Great Central Fair on Logan...
- The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United...
- Exposition Park may refer to: Park of the Exposition, an urban park in Lima Exposition Park (urban park), a public museum and sport complex the Los Angeles...
- 1798 to 1849 Exposition Universelle (1855), the Paris Exposition of 1855 Exposition Universelle (1867), the Paris Exposition of 1867 Exposition Universelle...
- The Exposition Universelle of 1889 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's...
- An Exposition of the Creed was a work by John Pearson which was first published in 1659. It was based on sermons he delivered at St Clement's, Eastcheap...