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exploiter

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From exploit +‎ -er.

Noun

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exploiter (plural exploiters)

  1. One who exploits.
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Etymology 2

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Irregular adoption of French exploiter.

Verb

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exploiter (third-person singular simple present exploiters, present participle exploitering, simple past and past participle exploitered)

  1. (transitive) To make use of (something).

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French esploitier (with /k/ reinserted per the Latin etymon), from earlier espleitier, from Vulgar Latin *explicitāre, a frequentative of Latin explicāre. Morphologically a doublet of expliciter.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛk.splwa.te/
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Verb

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exploiter

  1. (transitive) to exploit
  2. (transitive) to operate
    La Société de transport de Montréal exploite un réseau de 68 stations de métro.
    The Société de transport de Montréal operates a network of 68 metro stations.

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • German: exploitieren

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