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expos'd

expos'd is the simple past and past participle of expose.

Meaning of expose

Verb

expose (third-person singular simple present exposes, present participle exposing, simple past and past participle exposed)

  1. (transitive) To reveal; to uncover; to make visible; to bring to light.
    • The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18
  2. (transitive) To subject photographic film to light, thereby recording an image.
  3. (transitive) To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance, such as radiation, a chemical, or any other stress.
    • Residents were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.
  4. (transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.
    • to expose an API
  5. (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
    • This they do, as a rule, by exposing the child or throwing it into the sea.1893, Fridtjof Nansen, Eskimo Life, page 152

Questions about expos'd

What is expos'd the simple past and past participle of?
Expos'd is the simple past and past participle of expose.

Words near expos'd in the dictionary

  1. exportomer
  2. exportomers
  3. exportomes
  4. exports
  5. expos
  6. expos'd
  7. exposable
  8. exposal
  9. exposals
  10. expose
  11. expose oneself

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