what does exposure mean?
EXPOSURE as NOUN
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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Hypernyms(s) exposure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- 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
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- Meaning
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
- 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
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- 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
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- Meaning
- the state of being vulnerable or exposed
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- 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
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