Definitions for: Exposition

[n] 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"
[n] a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic
[n] a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

You know the law; your exposition Hath been most
sound. --Shak.

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.

4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic
productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A
Gallicism]

Synonyms: exhibition, expo, expounding

See Also: account, accumulation, aggregation, art exhibition, assemblage, collection, explanation, fair, interpretation, peepshow, philosophizing, raree-show

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