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