expose

To expose is defined as to make something visible or make something known.

(verb)

An example of expose is when someone finds out about a scandal and publicizes it.

See expose in Webster's New World College Dictionary

1. to lay open (to danger, attack, ridicule, etc.); leave unprotected
2. to make accessible or subject (to an influence or action)
to put or leave out in an unprotected place; abandon: some ancient peoples exposed unwanted infants
to allow to be seen; disclose; reveal; exhibit; display
1. to make (a crime, fraud, etc.) known; unmask
2. to make known the crimes, etc. of
Photog. to subject (a sensitized film or plate) to radiation having a photochemical effect

Origin: ME exposen < OFr exposer < L expositus, pp. of exponere (see expound) but infl. by OFr poser: see pose

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See expose in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ex·posed, ex·pos·ing, ex·pos·es

a. To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition: exposed themselves to disease; exposed their children to classical music.
b. To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
c. To deprive of shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm: troops that were exposed to gunfire.
To make visible: Cleaning exposed the grain of the wood. See Synonyms at show.
a. To make known (something discreditable).
b. To reveal the guilt or wrongdoing of: expose a criminal.
To engage in indecent exposure of (oneself).