Added 9 October 2026
exposition
/ɛkspəˈzɪʃən/ noun
Latin root: expositiō Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about exposition at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
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The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing, in nonfiction or in fiction; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe or explain a set of things (such as, in fiction, the setting, characters and other non-plot elements).
This essay has too much exposition in it.
- The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
Origin
From Middle English exposicioun, from Old French esposicion, from Latin expositiō, from expōnere (“to put forth”). The sense meaning "exhibition" is a later semantic loan from French exposition.
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