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Webster 1913 Edition
Exposer
Ex-pos′er
,Noun.
One who exposes or discloses.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exposer
EXPO'SER
,Noun.
Definition 2025
exposer
exposer
English
Noun
exposer (plural exposers)
- One who exposes.
Translations
one who exposes
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French
Etymology
From Middle French exposer, a borrowing from Latin expōnō, expōnere, contaminated by and conjugated like French poser. Cf. Old French espondre, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
Verb
exposer
- to expose
Conjugation
Conjugation of exposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | exposer | avoir exposé | |||||
| gerund | en exposant | en ayant exposé | |||||
| present participle | exposant /ɛk.spo.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | exposé /ɛk.spo.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | expose /ɛk.spoz/ |
exposes /ɛk.spoz/ |
expose /ɛk.spoz/ |
exposons /ɛk.spo.zɔ̃/ |
exposez /ɛk.spo.ze/ |
exposent /ɛk.spoz/ |
| imperfect | exposais /ɛk.spo.zɛ/ |
exposais /ɛk.spo.zɛ/ |
exposait /ɛk.spo.zɛ/ |
exposions /ɛk.spo.zjɔ̃/ |
exposiez /ɛk.spo.zje/ |
exposaient /ɛk.spo.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | exposai /ɛk.spo.ze/ |
exposas /ɛk.spo.za/ |
exposa /ɛk.spo.za/ |
exposâmes /ɛk.spo.zam/ |
exposâtes /ɛk.spo.zat/ |
exposèrent /ɛk.spo.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | exposerai /ɛk.spoz.ʁe/ |
exposeras /ɛk.spoz.ʁa/ |
exposera /ɛk.spoz.ʁa/ |
exposerons /ɛk.spoz.ʁɔ̃/ |
exposerez /ɛk.spoz.ʁe/ |
exposeront /ɛk.spoz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | exposerais /ɛk.spoz.ʁɛ/ |
exposerais /ɛk.spoz.ʁɛ/ |
exposerait /ɛk.spoz.ʁɛ/ |
exposerions /ɛk.spo.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
exposeriez /ɛk.spo.zə.ʁje/ |
exposeraient /ɛk.spoz.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | expose /ɛk.spoz/ |
exposes /ɛk.spoz/ |
expose /ɛk.spoz/ |
exposions /ɛk.spo.zjɔ̃/ |
exposiez /ɛk.spo.zje/ |
exposent /ɛk.spoz/ |
| imperfect1 |
exposasse /ɛk.spo.zas/ |
exposasses /ɛk.spo.zas/ |
exposât /ɛk.spo.za/ |
exposassions /ɛk.spo.za.sjɔ̃/ |
exposassiez /ɛk.spo.za.sje/ |
exposassent /ɛk.spo.zas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | expose /ɛk.spoz/ |
— | exposons /ɛk.spo.zɔ̃/ |
exposez /ɛk.spo.ze/ |
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Derived terms
Middle French
Etymology
A Borrowing from Latin expōnō, expōnere, contaminated by and conjugated like poser. Cf. Old French espondre, which was inherited.
Verb
exposer
- to reveal
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of exposer
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | exposer | avoir exposé | |||||
| gerund | en exposant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | exposant | ||||||
| past participle | exposé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | expose | exposes | expose | exposons | exposez | exposent |
| imperfect | exposois, exposoys | exposois, exposoys | exposoit, exposoyt | exposions, exposyons | exposiez, exposyez | exposoient, exposoyent | |
| past historic | exposa | exposas | exposa | exposasmes | exposastes | exposerent | |
| future | exposerai, exposeray | exposeras | exposera | exposerons | exposerez | exposeront | |
| conditional | exposerois, exposeroys | exposerois, exposeroys | exposeroit, exposeroyt | exposerions, exposeryons | exposeriez, exposeryez | exposeroient, exposeroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | expose | exposes | expose | exposons | exposez | exposent |
| imperfect | exposasse | exposasses | exposast | exposassions | exposassiez | exposassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | expose | — | exposons | exposez | — | ||