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# exposure

«exposure» in Mova's school dictionary: **being out in cold, wind or weather without protection…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (exposure; an exposure, exposures)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Exposure is being out in cold, wind or weather without protection, which can make you very ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exposure/#m1)

2) Being near something harmful or new: «exposure to the sun», «exposure to germs», «exposure to reading». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exposure/#m2)

3) Making something hidden known to the public. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exposure/#m3)

4) In photography, the amount of light let in for one picture, or one picture on a film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exposure/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used in safety (sun exposure, cold exposure, exposure to smoke), science and health, and news. Phrases: «die of exposure», «exposure to», «sun exposure», «media exposure». It tells the reader someone or something was open to an effect.

### examples

- The lost hikers were treated for exposure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exposure/#x1)
- Too much sun exposure can burn your skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exposure/#x2)
- Early exposure to books helps children read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exposure/#x3)
- The newspaper's exposure of the cheat shocked everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exposure/#x4)
- Wear a hat to limit exposure to the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exposure/#x5)
- The film camera had 24 exposures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exposure/#x6)

### note

Verb: expose (expose, exposed); adjective: exposed (open, not covered). Mostly uncountable except the photo sense. Safety: wear layers, a hat and sunscreen to reduce exposure.

### In the corpora

- [The oldest surviving camera photograph, by Nicéphore Niépce in France around 1826 or 1827, needed hours or even days of exposure.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/20-photography-and-phone-cameras/14/)
- [Long exposure to loud sound can damage hearing without any pain, and damaged hearing does not grow back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/3-eyes-and-ears/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «exposure» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exposure/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.