English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “exploiting”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for exploiting is ex-ploit-ing, with 2 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
ex-ploit-ing
3 segments2 break points
British English pattern result ex-ploit-ing The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordexploiting
Hyphenationex-ploit-ing
Break points2
Part of speechverb
Meaning & usage

What does “exploiting” mean?

exploiting: make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).

Headwordexploit
Part of speechverb
1
verb

make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).

Example: “500 companies sprang up to exploit this new technology”

Synonyms:
milk use utilize benefit from capitalize on cash in on draw on make capital out of make the most of make use of profit from/by put to use +3 more
2
verb

make use of (a situation) in a way considered unfair or underhand.

Example: “the company was exploiting a legal loophole”

Word breaks

How “exploiting” is split

ex·ploit·ing

For US English, the hyphenation result is ex-ploit-ing. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “exploiting”

How do you hyphenate “exploiting”?

In the US-English result used here, exploiting is hyphenated as ex-ploit-ing.

Where can “exploiting” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.

What does “exploiting” mean?

make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).

Can you use “exploiting” in a sentence?

“500 companies sprang up to exploit this new technology”

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