EXPOSURE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
    Usage Example(s)
    • she denounced the exposure of children to pornography
    Hypernyms(s) exposure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)
    Hypernyms(s) exposure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • presentation to view in an open or public manner
    Usage Example(s)
    • the exposure of his anger was shocking
    Hypernyms(s) exposure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • the act of exposing film to light
    Hypernyms(s) exposure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  5. Meaning
    • a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide
    • recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) exposure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  6. Meaning
    • vulnerability to the elements
    • to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain
    Usage Example(s)
    • exposure to the weather or they died from exposure
    Hypernyms(s) exposure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  7. Meaning
    • aspect re light or wind
    Usage Example(s)
    • the studio had a northern exposure
    Hypernyms(s) exposure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  8. Meaning
    • the disclosure of something secret
    Usage Example(s)
    • they feared exposure of their campaign plans
    Hypernyms(s) exposure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  9. Meaning
    • the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
    Usage Example(s)
    • he used the wrong exposure
    Hypernyms(s) exposure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  10. Meaning
    • the state of being vulnerable or exposed
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • his vulnerability to litigation
    • his exposure to ridicule
    Hypernyms(s) exposure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)