Etymology: counter-prefix 2b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounter-expoˌsition.
Music.
(See quot. 1869.)
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1869 F. A. G. OuseleyTreat. Counterpoint xxiii. 180 The counter-exposition is merely a kind of reflex of the exposition, produced by allowing the answer to lead, followed by the subject. It only implies that the subject and answer change places.
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