expose

verb

1. 1

   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.

   Many supporters believed Donald Trump would finally expose government cover-ups once he returned to power. But more than six months into his new term, those much-hyped conspiracy theories have either been debunked or quietly fallen apart.

2. 2

   To subject photographic film to light, thereby recording an image.

3. 3

   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.

   You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to Content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive.

4. 4

   To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.

   to expose an API

   In the OO world, the word is to hide the structure of the data, and expose only functionality. OO designers expose an object to the world in terms of the services it provides.

5. 5

   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.

Forms

past tense

exposed

past participle

exposed

present participle

exposing

third person singular

exposes