different between communique vs expose

English

Noun

communique (plural communiques)

1. Alternative form of communiqué

French

Verb

communique

1. first-person singular present indicative of communiquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of communiquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of communiquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of communiquer
5. second-person singular imperative of communiquer

Portuguese

Verb

communique

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of communicar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of communicar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of communicar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of communicar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French exposer (“to lay open, set forth”), from Latin exp?n? (“set forth”), with contamination from poser (“to lay, place”). Doublet of expound, via Old French espondre (“to set forth, explain”), from the same Latin term.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?sp??z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?spo?z/, /?k?spo?z/
• Rhymes: -??z

Verb

expose (third-person singular simple present exposes, present participle exposing, simple past and past participle exposed)

2. (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to.
4. (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
5. (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
   • 1893, Fridtjof Nansen, Eskimo Life, page 152:

     This they do, as a rule, by exposing the child or throwing it into the sea.

6. To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.
7. (computing, transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.
   • 2000, Robert C. Martin, More C++ Gems (page 266)

     In the OO world, the word is to hide the structure of the data, and expose only functionality. OO designers expose an object to the world in terms of the services it provides.

Synonyms

• (to reveal): bare, nake; see Thesaurus:reveal
  • (a hidden aspect of one's character): bewray
  • (to remove clothing): doff; see Thesaurus:undress

Derived terms

• expose oneself
• exposure
• exposition

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.spoz/

Verb

expose

1. first-person singular present indicative of exposer
2. third-person singular present indicative of exposer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of exposer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of exposer
5. second-person singular imperative of exposer