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Synonyms for exposition
ˌɛk spəˈzɪʃ ənex·po·si·tion

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.7 / 3 votes

  1. exposition

    A definition is exact, an explanation general; a definition is formal, a description pictorial. A definition must include all that belongs to the object defined, and exclude all that does not; a description may include only some general features; an explanation may simply throw light upon some point of special difficulty. An exposition undertakes to state more fully what is compactly given or only implied in the text; as, an exposition of Scripture. Interpretation is ordinarily from one language into another, or from the language of one period into that of another; it may also be a statement giving the doubtful or hidden meaning of that which is recondite or perplexing; as, the interpretation of a dream, a riddle, or of some difficult passage. Definition, explanation, exposition, and interpretation are ordinarily blended in a commentary, which may also include description. A comment is upon a single passage; a commentary may be the same, but is usually understood to be a volume of comments.

    Synonyms:
    comment, commentary, definition, description, explanation, interpretation, rendering, translation

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 4 votes

  1. exposition, expoundingnoun

    a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic

    Synonyms:
    expo, exhibition, expounding

  2. exhibition, exposition, exponoun

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

    Synonyms:
    expo, exhibition, expounding

  3. expositionnoun

    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"

    Synonyms:
    expo, exhibition, expounding

  4. expositionnoun

    (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur

    Synonyms:
    expo, exhibition, expounding

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. expositionnoun

    Synonyms:
    exposure, disclosing, laying open

  2. expositionnoun

    Synonyms:
    explanation, interpretation, elucidation, explication, EXPOSÉ

  3. expositionnoun

    Synonyms:
    exhibition, show, display

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. expositionnoun

    Synonyms:
    display, exposure, explanation, commentary postillation, fair

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "exposition":

    exhibition, exposure, expo, exhibit, 'exposition, exposures

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How to use exposition in a sentence?

  1. California Civil Code, "Maxims of Jurisprudence":

    #3535. Contemporaneous exposition is in general the best.

  2. Guillemette Andreu:

    The museum, founded in 1824, is filled with treasures found in digs commissioned by Savoy kings and completed with the finds of Italian Egyptologist Ernesto Schiaparelli. The vast holdings include a captivating statue of Ramses II, one of the world's most important papyrus collections and nearly the entire contents of an architect's tomb dating back well over 3,000 years. The large-scale renovations nearly doubled the space, allowing many artifacts to be taken out of storage and a more complete and modern exposition of those already on display. The museum remained open during the years of work, rotating closures of wings. `' It is a very important improvement from an archaeological and Egyptological point of view.


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