exposition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
2. 2
   noun (authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements.
3. 3
   noun The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
4. 4
   noun An event at which goods, artwork and cultural displays are exhibited for the public to view.
5. 5
   noun (authorship) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
6. 6
   noun (authorship) An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
7. 7
   noun The opening section of a fugue; the opening section of a movement in sonata form
8. 8
   noun The abandonment of an unwanted child.