Found 3 items, similar to Exposition.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: exposition eksposisi, pameran, pemaparan, pembentangan, penjelasan, perawian, pertunjukan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: exposition exposition n 1: a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic [syn: expounding] 2: a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display [syn: exhibition, expo] 3: an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse; “we would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Exposition Exposition \Ex`po*si"tion\, n. [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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] You know the law; your exposition Hath been most sound. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A Gallicism] [1913 Webster]