Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: exponent
IPA transcription: ['ɛksp,oʊnənt]
Pronunciations of exponent
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: exponent, power, index
    Meaning: a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
  • Synonyms: exponent
    Meaning: someone who expounds and interprets or explains
  • Synonyms: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
    Meaning: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
Usage examples
  • Such is Shakespeare's view of life as demonstrated by his greatest exponent and admirer.
  • Therefore its powers are not comparable to the powers of the State Legislature, because one is the creature of grant, and the other the exponent of sovereign power.
  • This brings us to Hector Berlioz, the famous French symphonist, the exponent par excellence of programme music, that is, music intended to illustrate a special story.
  • Now, combining wisdom with opportunity, it became conciliatory, and, abating something of its abstractions, made itself the exponent of a demand for a present and practical reform--a simple return to the ancient faith and landmarks.
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