exposition
Nouns
- (n) a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic expounding,
- (n) a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display expo, exhibition,
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(n) 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
- (n) (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur