English-Thai Dictionary

exposition

N การแสดง สินค้า  นิทรรศการ  fair exhibition trade show kan-sa-dang-sin-ka

 

exposition

N คำอธิบาย อย่างละเอียด  คำชี้แจง อย่างละเอียด  explanation explication kam-ar-ti-bai-yang-la-iad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXPOSITION

n.A laying open; a setting to public view. 1. A situation in which a thing is exposed or laid open, or in which it has an unobstructed view, or in which a free passage to it is open; as, a house has an easterly exposition, an exposition to the south or to a southern prospect. The exposition gives a free access to the air or to the sun's rays.
2. Explanation; interpretation; a laying open the sense or meaning of an author or of any passage in a writing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXPOSITION

Ex `po *si "tion, n. Etym: [L. expositio, fr. exponere, expositum: cf. F. exposition. See Expound. ]

 

1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.

 

2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary. You know the law; your exposition Hath been most sound. Shak.

 

3. Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc. ; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun. [Obs. ] Arbuthnot.

 

4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A Gallicism ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

exposition

ex po si tion |ˌekspəˈziSHən ˌɛkspəˈzɪʃən | ▶noun 1 a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory: the exposition and defense of his ethics. • Music the part of a movement, esp. in sonata form, in which the principal themes are first presented. • the part of a play or work of fiction in which the background to the main conflict is introduced. 2 a large public exhibition of art or trade goods. • archaic the action of making public; exposure: the country squires dreaded the exposition of their rustic conversation. DERIVATIVES ex po si tion al |-ziSHənl |adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin expositio (n- ), from the verb exponere ‘put out, exhibit, explain. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

exposition

ex |pos ¦ition |ɛkspəˈzɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory: a systematic exposition of the idea of biodiversity. 2 a large public exhibition of art or trade goods. 3 Music the part of a movement, especially in sonata form, in which the principal themes are first presented. 4 [ mass noun ] archaic the action of making something public. DERIVATIVES expositional adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin expositio (n- ), from the verb exponere ‘expose, publish, explain ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

exposition

exposition noun 1 a lucid exposition: explanation, description, elucidation, explication, interpretation; account, commentary, appraisal, assessment, discussion, exegesis. 2 the exposition will feature 200 exhibits: exhibition, fair, trade fair, trade show, show, expo, display, presentation, demonstration, exhibit.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

exposition

exposition noun 1 a lucid exposition of educational theories: explanation, description, elucidation, explication, interpretation, illustration; account, commentary, study, article, essay, thesis, paper, treatise, dissertation, disquisition; critique, criticism, appraisal, assessment, discussion, discourse; formal exegesis. 2 the exposition will feature exhibits by 165 companies: exhibition, fair, trade fair, display, show, presentation, demonstration; N. Amer. exhibit; informal expo, demo.

 

Duden Dictionary

Exposition

Ex po si ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Expositi o n |die Exposition; Genitiv: der Exposition, Plural: die Expositionen französisch exposition < lateinisch expositio = Darlegung, Entwicklung 1 a selten Darstellung, Darlegung (als Voraussetzung weiterer Entfaltung )b Plan, Gliederung die Exposition eines Schulaufsatzes 2 Literaturwissenschaft vorbereitender Teil eines Dramas, der die Voraussetzungen für das weitere Geschehen bildet 3 a Musik Teil besonders des ersten Sonatensatzes, der die Aufstellung der musikalisch zu verarbeitenden Themen enthält b Musik Kopfteil der Fuge mit der ersten Durchführung des Themas 4 Ausstellung, Schau Kurzform: Expo 5 Fotografie selten Belichtung 6 Fachsprache das Exponiertsein 2

 

French Dictionary

exposition

exposition n. f. nom féminin Abréviation familière expo. 1 Action d ’exposer; lieu où l ’on expose. : Élisabeth et Jérôme sont allés voir une exposition de tableaux au Musée des beaux-arts. 2 Orientation, situation. : Une exposition au soleil.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

exposition

ex po si tion /èkspəzɪ́ʃ (ə )n /名詞 ｟かたく ｠1 U C (詳細な )説明, 解説 (!expoundの名詞形 ) ▸ give an exposition of one's views 自説をくわしく説明する 2 C 博覧会 (!exposeの名詞形; exhibitionよりも大がかりなもの; ｟略 ｠expo ) .3 C 〘劇 〙(事件 人物などの )解説部 ; 〘楽 〙(ソナタ フーガの主題を導く ) 提示部 .