Exploit
[ɪk'splɒɪt;ek-] or [ɪk'splɔɪt]
Definition
(verb.) use or manipulate to one's advantage; 'He exploit the new taxation system'; 'She knows how to work the system'; 'he works his parents for sympathy'.
(verb.) draw from; make good use of; 'we must exploit the resources we are given wisely'.
Edited by Brent--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.
(n.) Combat; war.
(n.) To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion.
(n.) Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon.
Checker: Tina
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Act (especially an heroic act), deed, feat, achievement.
Typist: Sadie
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ACHIEVEMENT]
Editor: Melinda
Definition
n. a deed or achievement esp. an heroic one: a feat.—v.t. to work up: to utilise for one's own ends.—adj. Exploit′able.—ns. Exploit′age Exploitā′tion the act of successfully applying industry to any object as the working of mines &c.: the act of using for selfish purposes.
Edited by Bessie
Examples
- It was only after this foolish exploit that the idea of a republic took hold of the French mind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The next exploit of the young monarch was to quarrel with the old Chancellor, Bismarck, who had made the new German Empire, and to dismiss him (1890). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A small commercial organization was formed to build and exploit the apparatus, and the shops at Menlo Park laboratory were assisted by the little Bergmann shop in New York. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Then this consideration recurred to chill her: What was the use of her exploit? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- My exploit was equal to that of the soldier who boasted that he had cut off the leg of one of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was not a dangerous exploit for he could always pretend that he had simply looked in to ask a question. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- After this exploit, I walked gently to and fro on the bed, to recover my breath and loss of spirits. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It was exploited under the powerful patronage of a syndicate of newspaper men, and hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent in perfecting it before any practical results were obtained. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Music, astronomy, logic, and even theology, might be exploited as aids to public speech. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He exploited mines. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Edison's system was commercially exploited for several years by the Automatic Telegraph Company, as related in the preceding narrative. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Probably no organized piece of machinery has ever been so systematically exploited, so thoroughly advertised, so persistently canvassed, and so extensively sold as the sewing machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Hundreds of thousands of dollars had been spent on the experiments, and, largely without Edison's consent, the battery had been very generally exploited in the press. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This system was exploited through the use of a moderately paid clerical force. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He had now announced his intention of returning to the scene of his exploits, and of penetrating into regions left still unexplored. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- If Napoleon had gained this battle, it would have counted among his most characteristic and brilliant exploits. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At this period the name and exploits of one of my countrymen filled the world with admiration. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The amatory exploits of Peirithous and Theseus are equally unworthy. Plato. The Republic.
- The kitchen was full of all his compeers, who had hurried and crowded in, from the various cabins, to hear the termination of the day's exploits. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In the first flush of irritation, I said let the Arab and his exploits go to the mischief. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I have told Spaniards we can do something better than they can when the rule is never to speak of your own exploits or abilities. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Edited by Georgina