Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to exploit
Participle: exploited
Gerund: exploiting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | exploit |
| you | exploit |
| he;she;it | exploits |
| we | exploit |
| you | exploit |
| they | exploit |
Perfect
| I | have exploited |
| you | have exploited |
| he;she;it | has exploited |
| we | have exploited |
| you | have exploited |
| they | have exploited |
Past
| I | exploited |
| you | exploited |
| he;she;it | exploited |
| we | exploited |
| you | exploited |
| they | exploited |
Pluperfect
| I | had exploited |
| you | had exploited |
| he;she;it | had exploited |
| we | had exploited |
| you | had exploited |
| they | had exploited |
Future
| I | will exploit |
| you | will exploit |
| he;she;it | will exploit |
| we | will exploit |
| you | will exploit |
| they | will exploit |
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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | exploit |
| you | exploit |
| he;she;it | exploit |
| we | exploit |
| you | exploit |
| they | exploit |
Perfect
| I | have exploited |
| you | have exploited |
| he;she;it | have exploited |
| we | have exploited |
| you | have exploited |
| they | have exploited |
Imperfect
| I | exploited |
| you | exploited |
| he;she;it | exploited |
| we | exploited |
| you | exploited |
| they | exploited |
Pluperfect
| I | had exploited |
| you | had exploited |
| he;she;it | had exploited |
| we | had exploited |
| you | had exploited |
| they | had exploited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would exploit |
| you | would exploit |
| he;she;it | would exploit |
| we | would exploit |
| you | would exploit |
| they | would exploit |
Perfect
| I | would have exploited |
| you | would have exploited |
| he;she;it | would have exploited |
| we | would have exploited |
| you | would have exploited |
| they | would have exploited |
Imperative
| you | exploit |
| we | Let's exploit |
| you | exploit |
Verbs conjugated like 'exploit'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'exploit'
sexploit,
explain,
explant,
explode,
exploiter,
explore,
export,
exposit,
applot,
coplot,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Old French esploit (noun), esploitier (verb).
Sample Sentences
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to exploit natural resources in a sustainable way
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However, exploiting their 110mph capability will initially only be possible north of Bedford, pending an upgrade of the overhead wires between Bedford and St Pancras by Network Rail to make them suitable for use by electric trains at over 100mph. [2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 53:]
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The protests have alarmed authorities, and on Thursday night, they shut off internet and mobile access in the country, cutting the Iranian people off from the rest of the world. Rights groups have accused the government of exploiting the media blackout to carry out a brutal crackdown against protesters. [2026 January 13, Deepa Parent, William Christou, “Hundreds of gunshot eye injuries found in one Iranian hospital amid brutal crackdown on protests”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2026:]
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Materialistic people who exploit others will come to a bad end.