From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Numbersexponentex‧po‧nent /ɪkˈspəʊnənt $ -ˈspoʊ-/ noun [countable]1BELIEVEan exponent of an idea, belief etc tries to explain it and persuade others that it is good or usefulexponent of
a leading exponent of desktop publishing2EXAMPLEan exponent of a particular skill, idea, or activity is someone who is good at itexponent of
The most famous exponent of this approach to art was probably Charles Rennie Mackintosh.3technicalHMN a sign written above and to the right of a number or letter to show how many times that quantity is to be multiplied by itselfExamples from the Corpusexponent• We could continue in this vein, since pragmatism is a richtheory of knowledge and Quine an electrifyingexponent of it.• Aside from his deeds in the fifteen-a-side game, he was a notedexponent of sevens.• Finally we establish the so-called laws of exponents for positiveintegral powers.exponent of• the world's leading exponent ofyoga• The poet Goethe is a supremeexponent of the Romanticresponse to nature.Originexponent(1500-1600)Latin present participle of exponere; → EXPOSE
