verb, noun
verb [VN]
1 (disapproving) to treat a person or situation as an opportunity to gain an advantage for yourself:
He exploited his father's name to get himself a job. * She realized that her youth and inexperience were being exploited. * The opposition parties will always exploit government problems to their own advantage.
2 (disapproving) to treat sb unfairly by making them work and not giving them much in return:
What is being done to stop employers from exploiting young people?
3 to use sth well in order to gain as much from it as possible:
She fully exploits the humour of her role in the play. * Teachers should be exploiting computers in education.
4 ~ sth (for sth) to develop or use sth for business or industry:
countries exploiting the rainforests for hardwood * No minerals have yet been exploited in Antarctica.
exploiter noun [C]
noun [usuallypl.] a brave, exciting or interesting act:
the daring exploits of Roman heroes * The papers were full of her latest amorous exploits.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for exploit is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does exploit appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — exploit appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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