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exposure

/ɪkˈspəʊʒə/ik-SPOH-zhur
/ɪkˈspoʊʒɚ/ik-SPOH-zhur

Meaningthe act of setting out

Common meaning: being unprotected

Other meanings: revealing

Journey through time

  1. Latinex‘out’source
  2. Old Frenchexposer‘to expose, lay out’source
  3. Englishexpose‘to lay open’
  4. Englishformed in English from exposeexposure‘being unprotected’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from expose + -ure.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXPOSE, p.200 · scan

Source words

  • ex Latin · source word “to put out”

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