How to spell exposure

hear itex·po·sure/ɪk'spoʊʒər/nounRules and real life

What it means: The state of being open to something or someone.

In a sentence: Exposure to sunlight helps plants grow.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as exposer or expossure.

Same family: exposed, exposing, exposition, expository, exposedness. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Exposure” comes from the Latin root *exponere* via Old French *exposicion* and later English *expose*, with the noun ending *-ure* added to show a state or result. The same Latin root also gives us words like “exposition” and “expose” (a journalistic report revealing secrets).

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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