explore

[ ik-splawr, -splohr ]

/ ɪkˈsplɔr, -ˈsploʊr /

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verb (used with object), ex·plored, ex·plor·ing.

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.

verb (used without object), ex·plored, ex·plor·ing.

to engage in exploration.

OTHER WORDS FOR explore

2 probe, study, research, investigate, survey.

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Origin of explore

1575–85; <Latin explōrāre to search out, examine, equivalent to ex-ex-¹ + plōrāre to cry out, probably originally with reference to hunting cries

OTHER WORDS FROM explore

ex·plor·a·ble, adjectiveex·plor·a·bil·i·ty, nounex·plor·ing·ly, adverbre·ex·plore, verb, re·ex·plored, re·ex·plor·ing.

un·ex·plor·a·ble, adjectiveun·ex·plored, adjective

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How to use explore in a sentence

Currently, the only spacecraft exploring Venus is Japan’s Akatsuki orbiter, which arrived in 2015 to study the planet’s climate and weather.
We need to go to Venus as soon as possible|Neel Patel|September 16, 2020|MIT Technology Review
As an SEO agency, you can focus on your core mission or, as seen before, explore other complementary services in-house.
How would an SEO agency be built today? Part 2: Current business model(s)|Sponsored Content: SEOmonitor|September 16, 2020|Search Engine Land
The least you can do is add a description, business hours, and photos, but there are many more cool features to explore.
8 major Google ranking factors — SEO guide|Sponsored Content: SEO PowerSuite|September 15, 2020|Search Engine Land
Bencsik led a team at Nottingham Trent University in England that explored these bee sounds.
Quacks and toots help young honeybee queens avoid deadly duels|Sharon Oosthoek|September 14, 2020|Science News For Students

That focus on the consumer has prompted brands to explore new digital frontiers like TikTok and Instagram Reels, meeting the consumer where they live online and finding the right tone and language for those spaces.
Deep Dive: How the Summer of 2020 forced brand marketing to change for the better|jim cooper|September 14, 2020|Digiday
And, thanks to a transparent hull, exploring the deep and spotting rare marine life is practically a cinch.
The Most Exciting New Hotels, Restaurants, and Submarines of 2014|Charlie Gilbert|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And it might be easiest of all imagining him “exploring” a candidacy for a while and then deciding the hell with it.
Be the Smarter Bush Brother, Jeb: Don’t Run!|Michael Tomasky|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This season is all about monitoring posture, scrutinizing sun exposure, even exploring the health of a pet.
Nothing Says I Love You Like Data|The Daily Beast|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
New York City at the time, according to McBride, attracts men and women who are exploring and expressing their sexual difference.
Living Black & Gay in the ’50s|Alain Mabanckou|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Exploring the pangs of this tumultuous relationship is what most attracted Kent to this project.
‘The Babadook’ Is the Best (and Most Sincere) Horror Movie of the Year|Samuel Fragoso|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What joker thought that would be a good name for an exploring ship I can't imagine, but it always happens that way.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
Ships did little exploring in the Belt now—plenty of untouched rocks there but nothing really unknown.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
The exploring party started slowly down the rusty track, with the dog hopping happily on three legs.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
Not altogether by accident; he had come up exploring, to see if there were any signs of Val's return.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
Phyllis stumbled wildly over something and shrieked madly as her exploring fingers came in contact with something cold and hard.
The Adventure Girls at K Bar O|Clair Blank

British Dictionary definitions for explore

explore

/ (ɪkˈsplɔː) /

verb

(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

Derived forms of explore

explorer, noun

Word Origin for explore

C16: from Latin explōrāre, from ex- 1 + plōrāre to cry aloud; probably from the shouts of hunters sighting prey

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for explore

explore

[ ĭk-splôr′ ]

To examine for diagnostic purposes.

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