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exposed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪkˈspoʊzd/ (Canada, General-American)

Meanings

  1. (usually, with-to) Open (especially to something), unconcealed and/or unprotected (and therefore vulnerable, susceptible).
    • The bike chain is open and exposed to tough environmental conditions such as temperature changes, humidity, rain, dirt and road salt.
    • The monastery perched on an exposed cliff.
    • an exposed path (trail, etc) up the mountain (one with a drop-off on one or both sides)
    • exposed to light; exposed to water; exposed to abuse; exposed to danger
    • exposed beam
    • The soldiers needed to find cover fast. Their current position was very exposed.
    • exposed brick

Deriveds

exposedness · overexposed · time-exposed · semiexposed · exposedly · exposed beam · nonexposed · preexposed · exposed brick · underexposed · unexposed · exposed services

Translations (16)

es expósito (open and unprotected) · pl wystawiony (open and unprotected) · ga argail (open and unprotected) · pl odsłonięty (open and unprotected) · ka მოწყვლადი (open and unprotected) · bg открит (open and unprotected) · de ausgesetzt (open and unprotected) · la patens (open and unprotected) · ar مَكْشُوف (open and unprotected) · mi hōrakerake (open and unprotected) · es expuesto (open and unprotected) · bg незащитен (open and unprotected) · mi whakamāeaea (open and unprotected) · ar مُعَرَّض (open and unprotected) · mi tūwherawhera (open and unprotected) · mk и́зложен (open and unprotected)

exposed en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪkˈspoʊzd/ (Canada, General-American)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of expose
    form of expose
    • The film was not exposed to sufficient light.
    • Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.[…]Nowadays workers are exposed to far lower doses and manganism is rare. 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884: