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Synonyms for exposition
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ek-spuh-zish-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛk spəˈzɪʃ ən |
Top 10 synonyms for exposition Other synonyms for the word exposition
- construction
- county fair
- critique
- delineation
- demonstration
- details
- discourse
- discussion
- display
- disquisition
- dissertation
- editorial
- elucidation
- enucleation
- enunciation
- essay
- exegesis
- exhibition
- explanation
- explication
- expo
- exposé
- expounding
- history
- illustration
- interpretation
- marketplace
- mart
- monograph
- pageant
- paper
- piece
- position paper
- presentation
- production
- report
- review
- show
- showing
- statement
- story
- study
- tale
- text
- theme
- thesis
- tract
- tractate
- treatise
Définition of exposition
Origin :- late 14c., "explanation, narration," from Old French esposicion (12c.), from Latin expositionem (nominative expositio) "a setting or showing forth," noun of action from past participle stem of exponere (see expound).
- The meaning "public display" is first recorded 1851 in reference to the Crystal Palace Exposition in London. Abbreviation Expo is first recorded 1963, in reference to planning for the world's fair held in Montreal in 1967.
- noun written description
- noun fair
- She was an exposition of the domestic resources of Horn o' the Moon.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- This, sir, is your exposition of the Savior's rule of right.
- Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
- I said, as if I had only been waiting for her exposition of the case.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- I listened one day with much interest 117 to an exposition of the evils of salt.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- Prussian militarists are experts in the exposition of similar theories.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- From an oration on "Columbus and the Exposition," delivered in Chicago in 1890.
- Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
- Gino did not greet it, but continued the exposition of his policy.
- Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
- To the profoundest science must be united a clearness of exposition that only Raphael has.
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- Their botanical exhibit was one of the most notable at the exposition.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- Thus the first advance was taken in the exposition of the scheme of the universe.
- Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
Antonyms for exposition
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