exponent

noun

/ɪkˈspəʊnənt/

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a person who supports an idea, theory, etc. and persuades others that it is good synonym proponent
- She was a leading exponent of free trade during her political career
- Huxley was an exponent of Darwin’s theory of evolution.
Topics Opinion and argumentc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- chief
- foremost
- leading
- …
preposition
- exponent of
See full entry
a person who is able to perform a particular activity with skill
- the most famous exponent of the art of mime
- a leading exponent of the Japanese flute
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- chief
- foremost
- leading
- …
preposition
- exponent of
See full entry
(mathematics) a raised figure or symbol that shows how many times a quantity must be multiplied by itself, for example the figure 4 in a4

Word Originlate 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘expounding’): from Latin exponent- ‘putting out’, from the verb exponere ‘expose, publish, explain’, from ex- ‘out’ + ponere ‘put’.

单词	exponent
释义	exponent noun /ɪkˈspəʊnənt/ /ɪkˈspəʊnənt/ jump to other results a person who supports an idea, theory, etc. and persuades others that it is good synonym proponent She was a leading exponent of free trade during her political career Huxley was an exponent of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Topics Opinion and argumentc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective chief foremost leading … preposition exponent of See full entry a person who is able to perform a particular activity with skill the most famous exponent of the art of mime a leading exponent of the Japanese flute Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective chief foremost leading … preposition exponent of See full entry (mathematics) a raised figure or symbol that shows how many times a quantity must be multiplied by itself, for example the figure 4 in a4 Word Originlate 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘expounding’): from Latin exponent- ‘putting out’, from the verb exponere ‘expose, publish, explain’, from ex- ‘out’ + ponere ‘put’.
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