exponent
noun/ɪkˈspəʊnənt/
/ɪkˈspəʊnənt/
- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- foremost
- leading
- …
- exponent of
- 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
- …
- exponent of
- (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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