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1. Someone who explains or interprets: Mildred was an articulate exponent for the rights of children.
2. Anyone who speaks for, represents, or advocates: Senator S. is an exponent for getting out of the war as soon as possible.
3. A person or thing that is a representative, an advocate, a type, or a symbol of something: Abraham Lincoln is considered to be an exponent of American democracy.
4. A performer or practitioner of an art or skill; especially, someone who is regarded as an excellent example of how something should be done: Mozart is an outstanding exponent of classical music and opera.
5. In mathematics, a number that is placed above and to the right of a another number in order to show how many times it should be multiplied by itself: The exponent of 5 in 65 shows the number of times that 6 should be multiplied by itself; that is, 6 X 6 = 36 X 6 = 216 X 6 = 1,296 X 6 = 7,776 X 6 = 46,656.
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2. Anyone who speaks for, represents, or advocates: Senator S. is an exponent for getting out of the war as soon as possible.
3. A person or thing that is a representative, an advocate, a type, or a symbol of something: Abraham Lincoln is considered to be an exponent of American democracy.
4. A performer or practitioner of an art or skill; especially, someone who is regarded as an excellent example of how something should be done: Mozart is an outstanding exponent of classical music and opera.
5. In mathematics, a number that is placed above and to the right of a another number in order to show how many times it should be multiplied by itself: The exponent of 5 in 65 shows the number of times that 6 should be multiplied by itself; that is, 6 X 6 = 36 X 6 = 216 X 6 = 1,296 X 6 = 7,776 X 6 = 46,656.
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pon-, posit-, pos-, -poning, -poned, -ponency, -ponent, -ponement, -pound
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