expose

See also exposé

[change] Verb

Plain form
expose

Third-person singular
exposes

Past tense
exposed

Past participle
exposed

Present participle
exposing

To show something that was hidden, make something be seen, introduce to.

Batman took off his mask and exposed his identity.

Have you been exposed to opera?
(photography) To put light on photographic film, which either ruins it or takes a picture.

Has this film been exposed?

The police exposed the film of them hitting the man, they did not want it to be on TV.