1. a person who supports or promotes a particular idea, theory, or cause
2. a symbol or number indicating how many times a quantity is multiplied by itself
Usage: mathematics

Examples

• She is a leading exponent of renewable energy policies.
• The professor was a strong exponent of traditional teaching methods.
• In the expression 2³, the number 3 is the exponent.
• Students learned to calculate numbers with negative exponents.
• He became an exponent of modern art after visiting the museum.
• The exponent tells you how many times to multiply the base by itself.