exposition

exposition
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. explanation, exegesis, elucidation, commentary; show, exhibition, fair; statement, dis-course; exposure, abandonment. See disclosure, interpretation, reasoning, business.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The process of making clear]
Syn. elucidation, delineation, explication; see explanation 1 .
2. [A specific piece of explanation]
Syn. dissertation, tract, treatise, paper, composition, disquisition, thesis, theme, article, monograph, editorial, comment, commentary, critique, study, report, text, essay, review, analysis, piece, annotation, position paper, data paper, white paper, enunciation, the details, statement, expository, statement, discourse, discussion, story, tale, review, history.
3. [A large public exhibition]
Syn. fair, exhibit, trade show, expo*; see fair , show 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
explanation, commentary, explication, description, account, treatise, study, discourse, essay, exegesis, overview, elucidation.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something that serves to explain or clarify: clarification, construction, decipherment, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, illumination, illustration, interpretation. Archaic: enucleation. See EXPLAIN. 2. A large public display, as of goods or works of art: exhibit, exhibition, show. See SHOW.

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