explore
to traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery: to explore the island.
to look into closely; scrutinize; examine: Let us explore the possibilities for improvement.
Surgery. to investigate into, especially mechanically, as with a probe.
Obsolete. to search for; search out.
Origin of explore
1Other words for explore
Other words from explore
- ex·plor·a·ble, adjective
- ex·plor·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- ex·plor·ing·ly, adverb
- re·ex·plore, verb, re·ex·plored, re·ex·plor·ing.
- un·ex·plor·a·ble, adjective
- un·ex·plored, adjective
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How to use explore in a sentence
From there they were free to explore two of the three arms of the maze.
Warning! Junk foods can harm a teen’s brain | Sharon Oosthoek | November 19, 2020 | Science News For StudentsConfronting the impossible invites us to explore the boundaries of our mathematical worlds.
Some Math Problems Seem Impossible. That Can Be a Good Thing. | Patrick Honner | November 18, 2020 | Quanta MagazineTo explore how that variety might affect future agricultural practices, geochemist Laura Fackrell of the University of Georgia in Athens and colleagues mixed up five new types of faux Mars dirt.
Farming on Mars will be a lot harder than ‘The Martian’ made it seem | Maria Temming | November 18, 2020 | Science NewsThe obvious territory to explore in the cable news sphere would seem to be on the left.
My two days watching Newsmax, the network waging war on Fox News from the right | Emily VanDerWerff | November 12, 2020 | VoxAfter training as a visual artist in the 1960s, he began exploring how to use machines to create something new.
Computers are changing how art is made | Stephen Ornes | November 12, 2020 | Science News For Students
Several women and girls, with a dog, appeared on the marsh, which at low tide was in some parts explorable.
Upon The Tree-Tops | Olive Thorne Miller
British Dictionary definitions for explore
/ (ɪkˈsplɔː) /
(tr) to examine or investigate, esp systematically
to travel to or into (unfamiliar or unknown regions), esp for organized scientific purposes
(tr) med to examine (an organ or part) for diagnostic purposes
(tr) obsolete to search for or out
Origin of explore
1Derived forms of explore
- explorer, noun
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