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" Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it."
Jello Biafra

Meaning of "exploit" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXPLOIT

From Old French: accomplishment, from Latin explicitum (something) unfolded, from explicāre to explicate.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF EXPLOIT

ˈɛksplɔɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXPLOIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Exploit is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb exploit in English.

WHAT DOES EXPLOIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Exploit

Defines to take advantage of something, especially unethically or unjustifly for one's own end. Exploit can mean: ▪ Exploit ▪ Exploit ▪ Exploit ▪ Exploit ▪ Exploit, a 2009 Adobe Flash game by Gregory Weir ▪ The Exploits River, the longest river on the island of Newfoundland...

Definition of exploit in the English dictionary

The first definition of exploit in the dictionary is a notable deed or feat, esp one that is noble or heroic. Other definition of exploit is to take advantage of, esp unethically or unjustly for one's own ends. Exploit is also to make the best use of.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EXPLOIT

PRESENT

Present
I exploit
you exploit
he/she/it exploits
we exploit
you exploit
they exploit
Present continuous
I am exploiting
you are exploiting
he/she/it is exploiting
we are exploiting
you are exploiting
they are exploiting
Present perfect
I have exploited
you have exploited
he/she/it has exploited
we have exploited
you have exploited
they have exploited
Present perfect continuous
I have been exploiting
you have been exploiting
he/she/it has been exploiting
we have been exploiting
you have been exploiting
they have been exploiting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I exploited
you exploited
he/she/it exploited
we exploited
you exploited
they exploited
Past continuous
I was exploiting
you were exploiting
he/she/it was exploiting
we were exploiting
you were exploiting
they were exploiting
Past perfect
I had exploited
you had exploited
he/she/it had exploited
we had exploited
you had exploited
they had exploited
Past perfect continuous
I had been exploiting
you had been exploiting
he/she/it had been exploiting
we had been exploiting
you had been exploiting
they had been exploiting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will exploit
you will exploit
he/she/it will exploit
we will exploit
you will exploit
they will exploit
Future continuous
I will be exploiting
you will be exploiting
he/she/it will be exploiting
we will be exploiting
you will be exploiting
they will be exploiting
Future perfect
I will have exploited
you will have exploited
he/she/it will have exploited
we will have exploited
you will have exploited
they will have exploited
Future perfect continuous
I will have been exploiting
you will have been exploiting
he/she/it will have been exploiting
we will have been exploiting
you will have been exploiting
they will have been exploiting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would exploit
you would exploit
he/she/it would exploit
we would exploit
you would exploit
they would exploit
Conditional continuous
I would be exploiting
you would be exploiting
he/she/it would be exploiting
we would be exploiting
you would be exploiting
they would be exploiting
Conditional perfect
I would have exploit
you would have exploit
he/she/it would have exploit
we would have exploit
you would have exploit
they would have exploit
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been exploiting
you would have been exploiting
he/she/it would have been exploiting
we would have been exploiting
you would have been exploiting
they would have been exploiting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you exploit
we let´s exploit
you exploit
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to exploit
Past participle
exploited
Present Participle
exploiting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXPLOIT

adroit · coit · dacoit · Detroit · doit · droit · duit · introit · maladroit · Massasoit · Nelspruit · nooit · overexploit · quoit · schuit · schuyt · stoit · toit · trekschuit · underexploit

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXPLOIT

explode · exploded drawing · exploded view · exploder · exploding star · exploitable · exploitage · exploitation · exploitative · exploitatively · exploiter · exploitive · exploits · exploration · explorational · explorationist · explorative · exploratively · exploratory · explore

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXPLOIT

a bit · benefit · bit · circuit · credit · cut it · Dieu et mon droit · dit · edit · exclusive OR circuit · exit · fit · for it · fruit · get it · go to it · have had it · hit · I have it · in the shit

Synonyms and antonyms of exploit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EXPLOIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «exploit» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «exploit» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF EXPLOIT

Find out the translation of exploit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of exploit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «exploit» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

剥削
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

explotar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

exploit
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

शोषण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَسْتَغِلُّ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

воспользоваться
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

aproveitar-se
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

কাজে লাগান
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

exploiter
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Mengeksploitasi
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

ausbeuten
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

利用する
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

부당하게 이용하다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Manfaat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bóc lột
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பயன்படுத்தி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

शोषण करणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

sömürmek
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sfruttare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wykorzystać
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

експлуатувати
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

a exploata
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκμεταλλεύομαι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontgin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

exploatera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utnytte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of exploit

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPLOIT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of exploit
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «exploit».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about exploit

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «EXPLOIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word exploit.
1
Ian Anderson
All the time I was playing the flute, the lines, the solos, the riffs, the construction, were based on my guitar skills. I did not play the flute to exploit its natural faculties, but I used it as a surrogate guitar.
2
Gary Bauer
It's important to ask candidates about their beliefs, in part because politicians frequently exploit religious faith - often with the idea that voters will be more likely to unthinkingly accept certain political positions so long as they arise from religious belief.
3
Jello Biafra
Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.
4
Nina Blackwood
The thing that they were more freaked out was that I had done a spread for Playboy years before, and as Playboy always does, they exploit the exploitation and re-release different pictures.
5
Kevin Bleyer
Sports exact too harsh a toll on our beautiful women. Like engendered species, they should be protected, and instead, we exploit them and demand they fly too close to the sun for our amusement. We send them into the arena for an exhausting three-setter, an 18-hole playoff, a 200th lap. The burnout factor is insurmountable.
6
David Blunkett
I'm a great aficionado of history. I was deeply affected by seeing the disintegration of any chance of democracy coping with fascism in the Weimar republic, where woolly-minded, well-meaning liberalism actually allowed the forces of darkness to use democracy, to exploit democracy, to overturn democracy.
7
David Brooks
The rich don't exploit the poor. They just out-compete them.
8
Dick Clark
I don't set trends. I just find out what they are and exploit them.
9
Jason Epstein
Bookstores will not disappear but will exploit digital technologies to increase their virtual and physical inventories, and perhaps become publishers themselves.
10
Caitlin Flanagan
In many respects a teenage girl's home is more important to her than at any time since she was a small child. She also needs emotional support and protection from the most corrosive cultural forces that seek to exploit her when she is least able to resist.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXPLOIT»

Discover the use of exploit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to exploit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Exploit: A Theory of Networks
In this provocative book, they argue that a whole new topology must be invented to resist and reshape the network form.
Alexander R. Galloway, Eugene Thacker, 2007
2
Breakpoints: How Managers Exploit Radical Business Change
In his timely book, Paul Strebel offers strategies and real-life scenarios which show readers how to create competitive discontinuities--and become true market leaders.
Paul Strebel, 1992
3
Buffer Overflow Attacks: Detect, Exploit, Prevent
This book provides specific, real code examples on exploiting buffer overflow attacks from a hacker's perspective and defending against these attacks for the software developer. *Over half of the "SANS TOP 10 Software Vulnerabilities" are ...
Jason Deckard, 2005
4
Web Application Vulnerabilities: Detect, Exploit, Prevent
In this book, we aim to describe how to make a computer bend to your will by finding and exploiting vulnerabilities specifically in Web applications.
Steven Palmer, 2011
5
Zero-Day Exploit:: Countdown to Darkness
This book will also satisfy those not on the "inside" of this community, who are fascinated by the real tactics and motives of criminal, malicous hackers and those who defent the Internet from them. * The realistic portrayals of researching ...
Rob Shein, Marcus Sachs, 2004
6
Metasploit Toolkit for Penetration Testing, Exploit ...
This is the first book available for the Metasploit Framework (MSF), which is the attack platform of choice for one of the fastest growing careers in IT security: Penetration Testing.
David Maynor, 2011
7
Exploit the Lottery and Win: A Step-By-Step Analysis
In this comprehensive and easy-to-use guide, John Zenman delivers a clear picture of the lottery system and how you can beat it. Exploit the Lottery and Win-A Step-by-Step Analysis will enlighten you.
John Zenman, 2003
8
A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core
Every OS has its quirks and so every exploit must be molded to fully exploit its target. This book discusses the most popular OS families—UNIX derivatives, Mac OS X, and Windows—and how to gain complete control over them.
Enrico Perla, Massimiliano Oldani, 2010
9
The Right to Exploit : Parasitism, Scarcity, and Basic ...
The second part of the book demonstrates how this failure clears the way for a recent egalitarian argument, gaining in popularity, for a so-called unconditional basic income.
Netherlands Gijs Van Donselaar Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Amsterdam, 2009
10
Courting Failure: How School Finance Lawsuits Exploit ...
The expert contributors to this volume assess recent court actions in school adequacy lawsuits and their impact on student outcomes.
Eric A. Hanushek, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXPLOIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term exploit is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Courts 'help rich exploit the poor'
To access the courts, including the Constitutional Court, requires large sums of money which people who have been evicted do not have. «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
2
BOCCIM urges businesses to exploit global markets
The Botswana Confederation of Commerce Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) has urged small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to apply ... «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»
3
DA ready to exploit Oudtshoorn fallout
Cape Town - Oudtshoorn mayor Gordon April and his deputy Vlancio Donson are set to face a fresh motion of no confidence in how they are ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
4
Former Md. counselor gets 35 years for conspiring to sexually …
A former Maryland licensed counselor has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for conspiring to sexually exploit a 6-week-old baby. Stephen ... «ABC2 News, Jul 15»
5
China fund manager keen to exploit market volatility
As China's Communist Government does its best to stop its stock market bubble from popping, one fund manager is urging investors to look ... «EveryInvestor, Jul 15»
6
CRICKET: Luke Ryan's out to exploit home comforts for T20 glory bid
Skipper Luke Ryan is keen to make the most of home advantage as Oxfordshire go for glory in the Unicorns Counties T20 finals day at Banbury ... «The Oxford Times, Jul 15»
7
It Is Too Easy To Exploit Social Security System in Norway
Director of Nav Kontroll, Sverre Lindahl on the other hand notes that there is a reason for concern if so many think it is easy to exploit Nav ... «The Nordic Page, Jul 15»
8
Thieves exploit insecure windows in double Winchester burglary
Police are appealing for witnesses after properties in Clifton Terrace and Colebrook Street were burgled between Tuesday and Wednesday. «Hampshire Chronicle, Jul 15»
9
"Critical" Adobe Flash Player exploit revealed by weekend leak
Details about the exploit, described in Hacking Team documentation as "the most beautiful Flash bug for the last four years," were posted ... «PC Gamer, Jul 15»
10
Pan Am BMXers hope to exploit home advantage
Tory Nyhaug shrugs because it's so obvious. A gold medal at the Pan Am Games would be a feather in his cap — rather, in the goggle strap ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
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