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imperil
English
Alternative forms
- emperil (dated)
Etymology
im- +? peril
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?p?? ?l/
- Rhymes: -?r?l
Verb
imperil (third-person singular simple present imperils, present participle (UK) imperilling or (US) imperiling, simple past and past participle (UK) imperilled or (US) imperiled)
- (transitive) To put into peril; to place in danger.
- 2006 June, Jeffrey Winters, Wind Out of Their Sails, in Mechanical Engineering, page 31:
- Boating and fishing groups contend that the 130 [wind energy] towers would be a navigation hazard and offshore construction would imperil the fisheries.
- 2006 June, Jeffrey Winters, Wind Out of Their Sails, in Mechanical Engineering, page 31:
- (transitive) To risk or hazard.
Synonyms
- (put into peril): endanger
Related terms
- imperilment
Translations
Anagrams
- implier
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expose
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)
- (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to.
- (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
- (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.
- 1893, Fridtjof Nansen, Eskimo Life, page 152:
- 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.
- (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.
- 2000, Robert C. Martin, More C++ Gems (page 266)
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
- first-person singular present indicative of exposer
- third-person singular present indicative of exposer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of exposer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of exposer
- second-person singular imperative of exposer
expose From the web:
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- what exposed the soil of the great plains
- what exposes you to radiation
- what exposed fossils
- what exposes nerve endings
- what exposes us to radiation
- what exposes the king and duke as frauds
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