exposition
/ɛkspəˈzɪʃən/
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; An exhibition, especially of goods, artwork or cultural displays to the public
- plural
- expositions
Meanings
- 1
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)
The exposition was very interesting.
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- 2
An exhibition, especially of goods, artwork or cultural displays to the public
- 3
The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlightrare
- 4
The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a placerare
- 5
An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detailrare
- 6
An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyedrare
- 7
The opening section of a movement in sonata form; the opening section of a fuguerare
- 8
The abandonment of an unwanted childrare