'Exposition' definitions:

Definition of 'exposition'

(from WordNet)
noun
A systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic [syn: exposition, expounding]
noun
A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display [syn: exhibition, exposition, expo]
noun
An account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse; "we would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background"
noun
(music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur

Definition of 'Exposition'

From: GCIDE
  • Exposition \Ex`po*si"tion\, n. [L. expositio, fr. exponere, expositum: cf. F. exposition. See Expound.]
  • 1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary. [1913 Webster]
  • You know the law; your exposition Hath been most sound. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A Gallicism] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'exposition'

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Words containing 'Exposition'