verb
Meaning 1
To expose excessively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overexpose
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verb
Meaning 2
To provide excessive publicity or reporting regarding (a person, event, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To expose (film) to light during the development process for a longer time than is required to accurately produce the image.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
expose excessively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- As a child, I was overexposed to French movies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: underexpose
Broader terms: expose
verb
Meaning 5
expose to too much light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the photographic film was overexposed and there is no image
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: underexpose
Broader terms: expose
Narrower terms: solarize, solarise
History
Etymology
From over- + expose.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: преекспонирам (preeksponiram) — in photography
- French: surexposer — in photography
- German: überbelichten — in photography
- Hungarian: túlexponál — in photography
- Polish: prześwietlać — in photography
- Polish: prześwietlić — in photography
- Portuguese: sobre-expor — in photography