Definition of exposure

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • exposure is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 17
  • exposure is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
  • exposure is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 19

Definition of exposure


  • the state of being vulnerable or exposed (noun)

    Examples

    1. his exposure to ridicule

    Synonyms

    1. vulnerability
  • a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. photo
    2. photograph
    3. pic
    4. picture
  • abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open) (noun)
  • aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces (noun)

    Examples

    1. the studio had a northern exposure
  • presentation to view in an open or public manner (noun)

    Examples

    1. the exposure of his anger was shocking
  • the act of exposing film to light (noun)
  • the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience (noun)

    Examples

    1. she denounced the exposure of children to pornography
  • the disclosure of something secret (noun)

    Examples

    1. they feared exposure of their campaign plans
  • the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate (noun)

    Examples

    1. he used the wrong exposure
  • vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain (noun)

    Examples

    1. exposure to the weather
    2. they died from exposure

See definition of exposure in Merriam Webster