to expose
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3.2
- verb
- /ɪkˈspoʊz/
:
exponer a
- But next accident would actually expose a new, new vulnerability.
- exposed to risk
- expose workers
- expose students
That's where I first became exposed to sexual predators.
- That's where I first became exposed to sexual predators.
- Grassley in Congress have been exposed to and now contracted COVID.
- That's a long time to be exposed to that sort of work.
- Also, of course, he's exposed to two different critics.
- Your all of your assets are exposed to a claim.
- And yet most people I think will be exposed to pesticides.
- And I think that's one of our challenges, that we're not exposed to enough stories.
- Are you a painter and you're exposed to poison day in and day out?
- She can't be exposed to germs because of it.
- And now I realise it's because I was always exposed to lots of fiction books.
- And that exposed me to violence pretty early on.
- And sure enough, I start to get exposed to these other ways of making money, right?
Examples
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Young children should not be exposed to harmful influences at a young age.
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But how can I ask our parents to expose their kids to potential violence?
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So now Jake has been exposed to COVID.
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That area has been exposed to dozens of nuclear tests.
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Let us expose its shortcomings.
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Emergency department crowding causes two serious issues that expose patients to the potential for harm.
Academic text (2015) -
Consequently, high school physical educators should expose their high school students to a variety of lifetime activities.
Academic text (2015) -
We found that youths were chronically exposed to violent trauma in the local community.
Academic text (2013) -
The storm exposed the vulnerable houses to severe flooding.
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The report outlined how the lack of safety measures can expose workers to dangerous conditions.
Synonyms
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3.7
To put someone or something in danger of harm
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
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5.6
To put yourself in a situation to experience something new or difficult
How Exposed
Surface Forms
Morphology
expose = ex + pos
The meaning 'subject to danger or influence' is a semantic extension of the whole verb and is not guessable from the apparent surface pattern 'ex-' + 'pose'.
Etymology
Expose comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and ponere 'to place', the same root as position. So to expose someone to danger or influence is to 'place them out' where they are open or unprotected.