exposition

Etymology
From, from , from , from. The sense meaning "exhibition" is a later.

Noun

 * 1) The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
 * 2)  The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements.
 * 3)  The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
 * 4) An, especially of goods, artwork or cultural displays to the public.
 * 5)   An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
 * 6)   An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
 * 7)   The opening section of a movement in sonata form; the opening section of a fugue.
 * 8) The abandonment of an unwanted child.
 * 1)   An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
 * 2)   The opening section of a movement in sonata form; the opening section of a fugue.
 * 3) The abandonment of an unwanted child.
 * 1) The abandonment of an unwanted child.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, експози́ция
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:


 * Arabic: مَعْرِض
 * Belarusian:, выста́ва, экспазі́цыя
 * Bulgarian:, експози́ция
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ekspozicio
 * Estonian: ekspositsioon
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გამოფენა, ექსპოზიცია
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hindi: एक्स्पज़िशन
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: изложба
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ѝзложба
 * Roman: ìzložba
 * Slovak: výstava
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: งานแสดง
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, експози́ція
 * Vietnamese: sự phơi, sự phơi bày
 * Walloon:


 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Irish: ceartú
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, ,


 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Kazakh: мазмұндама
 * Macedonian: излагање, изложување
 * Romanian:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Turkish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 呈示部
 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: 提示部
 * Serbo-Croatian: излагање теме, експозиција
 * Slovene: ekspozicija


 * Slovak: expozícia

Etymology
, borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) exhibition
 * 2) exposure
 * 1) exposure