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overexpose

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Definition of overexpose

verb

[with object]
  • expose too much, especially to the public eye or to risk:many UK banks were overexposed to overseas lending risks
  • Photography expose (film or a part of an image) for too long a time: the sunlit background is overexposed [no object]:you’ll need to overexpose by a stop or more to stop whites being reproduced as grey

Derivatives

overexposure

noun

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Definition of overexpose in the US English dictionary
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