ex|port ◆◆◇ (exports , exporting , exported ) The verb is pronounced / I kspɔː r t/. The noun is pronounced /e kspɔː r t/. 1 VERB To export products or raw materials means to sell them to another country. □ [V n] The nation also exports rice. □ [be V -ed + to ] They expect the antibiotic products to be exported to Southeast Asia and Africa. □ [V ] To earn foreign exchange we must export. [Also V n + to ] ● N‑UNCOUNT Export is also a noun. □ [+ of ] …the production and export of cheap casual wear. □ …illegal arms exports.
2 N‑COUNT Exports are goods which are sold to another country and sent there. □ He did this to promote American exports. □ Ghana's main export is cocoa.
3 VERB To export something means to introduce it into another country or make it happen there. □ [V n] It has exported inflation at times. □ [V n + to ] …hecklers who said the deal would export jobs to Mexico.
4 VERB In computing, if you export files or information from one type of software into another type, you change their format so that they can be used in the new software. □ [be V -ed] Its maps can be exported in the GPX file format. [Also V n]
ex|port|able / I kspɔː r təb ə l/ ADJ Exportable products are suitable for being exported. □ They are reliant on a very limited number of exportable products.
ex|port|er /e kspɔː r tə r , I kspɔː r tə r / (exporters ) N‑COUNT An exporter is a country, firm, or person that sells and sends goods to another country. □ [+ of ] France is the world's second-biggest exporter of agricultural products.
ex|po|sé /ekspoʊ ze I , [AM ] e kspoʊze I / (exposés ) N‑COUNT An exposé is a film or piece of writing which reveals the truth about a situation or person, especially something involving shocking facts. □ [+ of ] The movie is an exposé of prison conditions in the South.
ex|pose ◆◇◇ / I kspoʊ z/ (exposes , exposing , exposed )
1 VERB To expose something that is usually hidden means to uncover it so that it can be seen. □ [V n] Lowered sea levels exposed the shallow continental shelf beneath the Bering Sea. □ [V -ed] …the exposed brickwork.
2 VERB To expose a person or situation means to reveal that they are bad or immoral in some way. □ [V n] The Budget does expose the lies ministers were telling a year ago. □ [be V -ed + as ] He has simply been exposed as an adulterer and a fool. [Also V n + as ]
3 VERB If someone is exposed to something dangerous or unpleasant, they are put in a situation in which it might affect them. □ [be V -ed + to ] They had not been exposed to most diseases common to urban populations. □ [V n + to ] A wise mother never exposes her children to the slightest possibility of danger. □ [V -ed] …people exposed to high levels of radiation.
4 VERB If someone is exposed to an idea or feeling, usually a new one, they are given experience of it, or introduced to it. □ [be V -ed + to ] …local people who've not been exposed to glimpses of Western life before. □ [V n + to ] These units exposed children to many viewpoints of a given issue.
5 VERB A man who exposes himself shows people his genitals in a public place, usually because he is mentally or emotionally disturbed. □ [V pron-refl] Smith admitted indecently exposing himself on Wimbledon Common. SYNONYMS expose VERB
1
reveaclass="underline" A grey carpet was removed to reveal the original pine floor.
uncover: Archaeologists have uncovered an 11,700-year-old hunting camp in Alaska.
show: He showed his teeth in a humourless grin.
bare: He bared his muscular, hairy chest for a women's magazine.
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reveaclass="underline" It was revealed that officials had never inspected the factory.
disclose: Neither side would disclose details of the transaction.
betray: She studied his face, but it betrayed nothing.
give away: They felt like they were giving away company secrets.
leak: He revealed who leaked a confidential police report.
ex|posed / I kspoʊ zd/ ADJ If a place is exposed , it has no natural protection against bad weather or enemies, for example because it has no trees or is on very high ground. □ …an exposed hillside in Connecticut.
ex|po|si|tion /e kspəz I ʃ ə n/ (expositions )
1 N‑COUNT An exposition of an idea or theory is a detailed explanation or account of it. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] A long exposition of the new republican ideas would be tiresome.
2 N‑COUNT An exposition is an exhibition in which something such as goods or works of art are shown to the public. □ …an art exposition.
ex|pos|tu|late / I kspɒ stʃʊle I t/ (expostulates , expostulating , expostulated ) VERB If you expostulate , you express strong disagreement with someone. [FORMAL ] □ [V with quote] 'For heaven's sake!' Dot expostulated. 'They're cheap and they're useful.'. □ [V ] For a moment I thought she was going to expostulate. □ [V + with ] His family expostulated with him.
ex|po|sure ◆◇◇ / I kspoʊ ʒə r / (exposures )