exposition
ekspo
definition
noun
the exposition and defense of his ethics
a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
Similar to the inaugural event in Beijing two years ago, the exposition in Shanghai also featured a wide range of exhibitions on world soccer.
a large public exhibition of art or trade goods.
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Everyone is caught on the run, without 'exposition' or character background - as if we were dropped into this tumultuous world like the proverbial fly on the wall.
Now the ghost, in the role of prompter, gives the necessary background 'exposition' and the initial orders to get the play going.
A film's 'exposition' serves two main functions: First, it inspires the audience to become involved with the movie.
Most filmmakers give you scads of 'exposition' to introduce you to characters and narrative.
The idea of a philosophical 'exposition' of the human passions was by no means new.
The way in which the protagonist lovingly pets her samosas tells you more about her social aspirations than any number of pages of clunky 'exposition' could.
Thus a sonata 'exposition' , which in Mozart or Beethoven may often have two contrasting themes, is said to have a ‘first subject’ and a ‘second subject’.
Photographs were widely used at the 'exposition' , where the public's thirst for vicarious pleasure seemed insatiable.
The first edition of the Critique contained a lengthy 'exposition' of the theory of transcendental idealism.
Dundes is to be congratulated on his choice of essayists and on his clear 'exposition' of their key ideas placed in an illuminating historical and autobiographical context.
He was widely known for his 'exposition' of the ideas of physics to the layman, and he was held in affection by his many colleagues and pupils for the warmth and simple directness of his personality.
If you're going to have a sermon at all, it must be a sermon that invites people into an experience, a relationship, and not simply into an 'exposition' or an explanation.
The 'exposition' Precious Stones contains about 1,500 exhibits.
This is not a matter of giving a semi-popular 'exposition' of the latest theories.
Hummel's paring down of Mozart's work lays bare the 'exposition' and development of themes with absolute clarity.
A later scene provides a more serious and extended 'exposition' of a similar situation, and develops in more depth its implications.
As a reward for reading through the extensive 'exposition' , the conflict fleshes out dynamically in chapter three, so hurry up and read it!
His measured, lyrical 'exposition' of the movement's second theme seemed to touch the very soul of the music.
The International Technical Fair is the largest 'exposition' held in Bulgaria.
Nadel is excellent at providing an 'exposition' of Stoppard's ideas and the wider social context in which he lives.
Pearls and pearl products will be on display at the 'exposition' , which will be open to public though it specifically targets pearl dealers and jewellery houses.
The book clearly starts with the 'exposition' where Huck introduced himself as a character from Tom Sawyer and the son of a town drunk.
This is an extremely well written and sympathetic essay, which rarely strays beyond an 'exposition' of Guattari's ideas and their evolution.
Wood provides a systematic 'exposition' of the idea of biodiversity.
The best story that Hannah has written is the first story in this book, a story that is impossible to do justice to, even at the level of narrative 'exposition' .
the country squires dreaded the 'exposition' of their rustic conversation
It may well be defensible, but it does not receive anything like an adequate 'exposition' , never mind defence, here.
The 'exposition' contains a first theme in two parts, transition, two secondary themes, and a 19-bar closing section.
The film was all introduction, 'exposition' , and meaningless fights.
Their rhetorics may be separate but their emotional builds of 'exposition' , complication, climax, resolution, and reconciliation run parallel.
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