1. To make hidden facts, wrongdoing, or deception known.
2. To put someone or something within reach of a harmful influence.
3. To subject photographic material or a sensor to light for image formation.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- expose a fraud
- expose a contradiction
On the page
The comparison exposed a contradiction in the account.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- expose
- Past tense
- exposed
- Past participle
- exposed
- Present participle
- exposing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- expose
- Present continuous
- am/is/are exposing
- Present perfect
- have/has exposed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been exposing
- Past
- exposed
- Past continuous
- was/were exposing
- Past perfect
- had exposed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been exposing
- Future
- will expose
- Future continuous
- will be exposing
- Future perfect
- will have exposed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been exposing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: expose; exposes; exposed; exposed; exposing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: argumentation, evidence, inference. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: exposes.
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