"expose" meaning in All languages combined

See expose on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪkˈspəʊz/ [UK], /ɪkˈspoʊz/ [US] Audio: en-us-expose.ogg [US] Forms: expose [canonical], exposes [third-person, singular], exposed [past], exposed [past, participle], exposing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|expos|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If x is exposed to y, x sees, is touched by, or is influenced by y.
    Sense id: simple-expose-en-verb-ebWmKOUU
  2. To put light on photographic film, which either ruins it or takes a picture.
    Sense id: simple-expose-en-verb-ovuS3YQt
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