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exposition

ex·po·si·tion

UK/ɛkspəˈzɪʃən/ US/ˌɛkspʌˈzɪʃʌn/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.
2.

a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display

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3.

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”

Origin

From Middle English exposicioun, from Old French esposicion, from Latin expositiō, from expōnere (“to put forth”). The sense meaning "exhibition" is a later semantic loan from French exposition.

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