exposure

US /ɪkˈspoʊ.ʒɚ/ UK /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual

Freq #7109

Meanings

1

noun
The state of being affected by something, such as a substance or influence.

Long exposure to the sun can damage your skin.
2

noun
The act of making something secret or hidden known to the public.

The newspaper's exposure of the scandal forced the minister to resign.
3

noun
Attention or publicity from the public or media.

The young singer got a lot of exposure after the TV show.
4

noun
The amount of light that reaches the film or sensor in a camera.

I used the wrong exposure, so the photo came out too dark.

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Word family

Forms exposures

Derived forms antiexposureautoexposurechemoexposurecoexposurecryoexposuredouble-exposurehyperexposureinexposuremultiexposuremultiple-exposurenonexposureoverexposure

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Etymology

From expose + -ure.

*tḱey- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Photography & Images Abstract Ideas

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# exposure

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈspoʊ.ʒɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/
**Frequency rank:** 7109

## Meanings
1. The state of being affected by something, such as a substance or influence.
2. The act of making something secret or hidden known to the public.
3. Attention or publicity from the public or media.
4. The amount of light that reaches the film or sensor in a camera.

## Examples
- Long exposure to the sun can damage your skin.
- The newspaper's exposure of the scandal forced the minister to resign.
- The young singer got a lot of exposure after the TV show.
- I used the wrong exposure, so the photo came out too dark.

## Derived Forms
- antiexposure
- autoexposure
- chemoexposure
- coexposure
- cryoexposure
- double-exposure
- hyperexposure
- inexposure
- multiexposure
- multiple-exposure
- nonexposure
- overexposure

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *tḱey-

## Etymology
From expose + -ure.

## Topics
- Photography & Images
- Abstract Ideas

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