exploration
an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
the investigation of unknown regions.
Origin of exploration
1Other words from exploration
- re·ex·plo·ra·tion, noun
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How to use exploration in a sentence
With the Assange movie, there are sequences like the [Vincente] Minnelli-like visual explorations of an encryption system.
Both are explorations of process, of the unfolding of connections.
Vikram Chandra Is A Novelist Who's Obsessed With Writing Computer Code | Jane Ciabattari | August 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was through these explorations that he began capturing himself, just not in “selfie” mode.
Photographer Kyle Thompson Elevates the ‘Selfie’ to Self-Portraiture | Justin Jones | December 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSo I feel close to poets in a way, for that permission, that freedom, those explorations of what language can do.
The Collector: Rebecca Solnit on Textual Pleasure, Punk, and More | Lauren Elkin | July 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA darker turn followed, with several explorations of the Holocaust.
Around four o'clock the children took a long walk in the opposite direction from any of their other explorations.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerMitchell, a North Carolina geologist, was killed by a fall into the Caney river, while engaged alone in scientific explorations.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellRecent explorations indicate that the best route to the Pacific will be found up the valley of this magnificent river.
Thurstane, thinking that he might have rivers to cross in his explorations, had brought one of these coracles.
Overland | John William De ForestIt seems to me we could not have a better place for our head-quarters in our future explorations than this cavern.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado | Frank Aubrey
British Dictionary definitions for exploration
/ (ˌɛkspləˈreɪʃən) /
the act or process of exploring
med examination of an organ or part for diagnostic purposes
an organized trip into unfamiliar regions, esp for scientific purposes; expedition
Derived forms of exploration
- exploratory (ɪkˈsplɒrətərɪ, -trɪ) or explorative, adjective
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