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- pronunciation:
- ihk
spo
nihnt
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eks
po
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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| definition 1: |
one that expounds or interprets.
The British physicist Stephen Hawking is an exponent of cosmological theories.- synonyms:
- expositor, expounder
- similar words:
- advocate, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman, upholder
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| definition 2: |
one that represents or advocates.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an exponent of women's rights in the U.S.- synonyms:
- advocate, champion, representative, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman, supporter, upholder
- antonyms:
- critic, opponent
- similar words:
- backer, defender, patron, proponent
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| definition 3: |
in mathematics, a symbol placed to the right of and above another, to denote the power to which the other is to be raised.
In the expression x2 + y2, 2 is the exponent of both x and y.- similar words:
- logarithm
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