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say it: ek-spuh-ZISH-uhn
exposition is a noun meaning "a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic". It carries 4 recorded senses.
a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic
a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
art
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”
(music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur
music
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for exposition come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.