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| a striking or notable deed; feat; spirited or heroic act: the exploits of Alexander the Great. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME exploit, espleit < OF exploit, AF espleit < L explicitum, neut. of explicitus (ptp.). See explicit]
] —Synonyms accomplishment. See achievement.
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Exploit
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ex·ploit2
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—Related forms
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| 1. | to utilize, esp. for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity. |
| 2. | to use selfishly for one's own ends: employers who exploit their workers. |
| 3. | to advance or further through exploitation; promote: He exploited his new movie through a series of guest appearances. |
[Origin: 1375–1425; < F exploiter, deriv. of exploit (n.); r. late ME expleiten to achieve < AF espleiter, deriv. of espleit (n.). See exploit1]
] —Related forms
ex·ploit·a·ble, adjective
ex·ploit·a·bil·i·ty, noun
ex·ploit·a·tive, ex·ploit·a·to·ry
Audio Help [ik-sploi-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, ex·ploit·ive, adjective
Audio Help [ik-sploi-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, ex·ploit·ive, adjective ex·ploit·er, noun
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n. An act or deed, especially a brilliant or heroic one. See Synonyms at feat1. tr.v. (ĭk-sploit', ěk'sploit') ex·ploit·ed, ex·ploit·ing, ex·ploits
[Middle English, from Old French esploit, from Latin explicitum, neuter past participle of explicāre, to unfold; see explicate.] ex·ploit'a·bil'i·ty n., ex·ploit'a·ble adj., ex·ploit'a·tive, ex·ploit'ive adj., ex·ploit'a·tive·ly, ex·ploit'ive·ly adv., ex·ploit'er n. |
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exploit (n.)
1393, from O.Fr. esploit, a very common v., used in senses of "action, deed, profit, achievement," from L. explicitum "a thing settled, ended, displayed," neut. of explicitus, pp. of explicare "unfold" (see explicit). Sense evolution is from "unfolding" to "bringing out" to "having advantage" to "achievement." The v. (M.E. espleiten, esploiten) meant "to accomplish;" the sense of "use selfishly" first arising 1838, as an adoption of Fr. exploiter.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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noun | |
| 1. | a notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort" [syn: feat] |
verb | |
| 1. | 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" |
| 2. | draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely" |
| 3. | work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students" [syn: overwork] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
exploit [ˈeksploit] noun
a (daring) deed or action
Example: stories of his military exploits
exploit1 [ˈeksploitikˈsploit] verbExample: stories of his military exploits
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to make good or advantageous use of
Example: to exploit the country's natural resources
exploit2 [ˈeksploitikˈsploit] verbExample: to exploit the country's natural resources
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to use (eg a person) unfairly for one's own advantage
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exploit security
A security hole or an instance of taking advantage of a security hole.
"[...] hackers say exploit. sysadmins say hole" -- Mike Emke.
Emke reports that the stress is on the second syllable. If this is true, this may be a case of hackerly zero-deriving verbs (especially instantials) from nouns, akin to "write" as a noun to describe an instance of a disk drive writing to a disk.
(2001-11-24)
| The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe |
Exploit
Es*plees"\, n. pl. [LL. expletia, OF. espleit. Cf. Exploit.] (Old Eng. Law) The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of arable fields, the rents, services, and the like. --Cowell.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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