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ex·plore

 (ĭk-splôr′)
v. ex·plored, ex·plor·ing, ex·plores
v.tr.
1. To investigate systematically; examine: explore every possibility.
2. To search into or travel in for the purpose of discovery: exploring outer space.
3. Medicine To examine (a body cavity or interior part) for diagnostic purposes, especially by surgery.
v.intr.
To make a careful examination or search: scientists who have been known to explore in this region of the earth.

[Latin explōrāre : ex-, ex- + perhaps plōrāre, to cry out, as to rouse game.]
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explore

(ɪkˈsplɔː)
vb
1. (tr) to examine or investigate, esp systematically
2. to travel to or into (unfamiliar or unknown regions), esp for organized scientific purposes
3. (Medicine) (tr) med to examine (an organ or part) for diagnostic purposes
4. (tr) obsolete to search for or out
[C16: from Latin explōrāre, from ex-1 + plōrāre to cry aloud; probably from the shouts of hunters sighting prey]
exˈplorer n
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ex•plore

(ɪkˈsplɔr, -ˈsploʊr)

v. -plored, -plor•ing. v.t.
1. to traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery: to explore an island.
2. to look into closely; investigate: explored the possibilities.
3. to examine, esp. mechanically, as with a surgical probe: to explore a wound.
v.i.
4. to engage in exploration.
[1575–85; < Latin explōrāre to reconnoiter, investigate =ex- ex-1 + plōrāre to cry out]
ex•plor′a•ble, adj.
ex•plor`a•bil′i•ty, n.
ex•plor′ing•ly, adv.
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explore

- Comes from Latin, meaning "search out," from ex-, "out," and plorare, "utter a cry."
See also related terms for utter.
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explore


Past participle: explored
Gerund: exploring

Imperative
explore
explore
Present
I explore
you explore
he/she/it explores
we explore
you explore
they explore
Preterite
I explored
you explored
he/she/it explored
we explored
you explored
they explored
Present Continuous
I am exploring
you are exploring
he/she/it is exploring
we are exploring
you are exploring
they are exploring
Present Perfect
I have explored
you have explored
he/she/it has explored
we have explored
you have explored
they have explored
Past Continuous
I was exploring
you were exploring
he/she/it was exploring
we were exploring
you were exploring
they were exploring
Past Perfect
I had explored
you had explored
he/she/it had explored
we had explored
you had explored
they had explored
Future
I will explore
you will explore
he/she/it will explore
we will explore
you will explore
they will explore
Future Perfect
I will have explored
you will have explored
he/she/it will have explored
we will have explored
you will have explored
they will have explored
Future Continuous
I will be exploring
you will be exploring
he/she/it will be exploring
we will be exploring
you will be exploring
they will be exploring
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been exploring
you have been exploring
he/she/it has been exploring
we have been exploring
you have been exploring
they have been exploring
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been exploring
you will have been exploring
he/she/it will have been exploring
we will have been exploring
you will have been exploring
they will have been exploring
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been exploring
you had been exploring
he/she/it had been exploring
we had been exploring
you had been exploring
they had been exploring
Conditional
I would explore
you would explore
he/she/it would explore
we would explore
you would explore
they would explore
Past Conditional
I would have explored
you would have explored
he/she/it would have explored
we would have explored
you would have explored
they would have explored
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.explore - inquire into; "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"
prospect - explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals
google - search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine; "He googled the woman he had met at the party"; "My children are googling all day"
mapquest - search for a location and directions by means of the MapQuest program; "you can just mapquest the restaurant"
re-explore - explore anew; "We need to re-explore Colonialism"
beat about, cast about, cast around - search anxiously
investigate, look into - investigate scientifically; "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese"
2.explore - travel to or penetrate into; "explore unknown territory in biology"
pioneer - open up and explore a new area; "pioneer space"
spelunk, cave - explore natural caves
map - explore or survey for the purpose of making a map; "We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist"
investigate, look into - investigate scientifically; "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese"
3.explore - examine minutely
diagnose, name - determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
explore - examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
plumb - examine thoroughly and in great depth
4.explore - examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
diagnose - subject to a medical analysis
put out feelers - make some preliminary investigations or test the waters
explore - examine minutely
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explore

verb
1. travel around, tour, survey, scout, traverse, range over, recce (slang), reconnoitre, case (slang), have or take a look around We explored the old part of the town.
2. investigate, consider, research, survey, search, prospect, examine, probe, analyse, look into, inspect, work over, scrutinize, inquire into The film explores the relationship between artist and instrument.
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explore

verb
To go into or through for the purpose of making discoveries or acquiring information:
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Translations
يَسْتَكْشِفيَسْتَكْشِفُيَفْحَص بِعنايَه
prozkoumat
udforskeundersøgegranske
tutkia
istraživati
felfedezõ utat tesz
kannakanna, athuga gaumgæfilega
調査する
탐험하다
tiriamasistyrinėjimastyrinėtityrinėtojasžvalgymas
izpētītpētīt
raziskovati
utforska
สำรวจ
thám hiểm

explore

[ɪksˈplɔːʳ]
A. VT
1. [+ country] → explorar (Med) → examinar
2. (fig) [+ problems, subject] → investigar; [+ opinion] → sondear
to explore every possibilityconsiderar todas las posibilidades
to explore every avenueestudiar todas las vías posibles
B. VIexplorar
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explore

[ɪkˈsplɔːr]
vt
[+ area, country] [explorer] → explorer; [tourist] → explorer
(= consider) [+ possibilities, issues] → étudier, examiner; [+ idea, suggestion, relationship] → examiner
[+ part of body] → explorer
vi
to go exploring → partir en exploration
to explore for oil → chercher du pétrole
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explore

vt
country, forest, unknown territoryerforschen, erkunden, explorieren (geh); (Med) → untersuchen
(fig) question, implications, prospectsuntersuchen, sondieren; possibilities, optionsprüfen, sondieren; to explore common groundGemeinsamkeiten herausarbeiten
vi to go exploringauf Entdeckungsreise gehen; he went off into the village to exploreer ging auf Entdeckungsreise ins Dorf
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explore

[ɪksˈplɔːʳ] vt (gen) (Med) → esplorare (fig) (problems, subject, possibilities) → esaminare
to explore every avenue → sondare tutte le possibilità
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

explore

(ikˈsploː) verb
1. to search or travel through (a place) for the purpose of discovery. The oceans have not yet been fully explored; Let's go exploring in the caves.
2. to examine carefully. I'll explore the possibilities of getting a job here.
exploration (ekspləˈreiʃən) noun
a journey of exploration.
exˈploratory (-ˈsplorə-) adjective
for the purpose of exploration or investigation. an exploratory expedition.
exˈplorer noun
a person who explores unknown regions. explorers in space.
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explore

يَسْتَكْشِفُ prozkoumat udforske erforschen εξερευνώ explorar tutkia explorer istraživati esplorare 調査する 탐험하다 verkennen utforske zbadać explorar исследовать utforska สำรวจ araştırmak thám hiểm 探测
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References in classic literature ?
It was not until the 25th of April that the two parties of trappers broke up their encampments, and undertook to cross over the southwest end of the mountain by a pass explored by their scouts.
We explored to King'sWeston twice last summer, in that way, most delightfully, just after their first having the barouchelandau.
She has explored seas and archipelagoes which had no chart, where no Cook or Vancouver had ever sailed.
Also to while away the time of waiting I explored a little island named Cassel, which belonged to King Mihrage, and which was supposed to be inhabited by a spirit named Deggial.
For two days and nights he had explored their quarters and their dungeons in search of his beloved princess only to fall into the hands of a party of Warhoons as he was about to leave, after assuring himself that Dejah Thoris was not a captive there.
Vancouver visited the river, and his lieutenant, Broughton, explored it by the aid of Captain Gray's chart; ascending it upwards of one hundred miles, until within view of a snowy mountain, to which he gave the name of Mt.
They ascended the Missouri, passed through the stupendous gates of the Rocky Mountains, hitherto unknown to white men; discovered and explored the upper waters of the Columbia, and followed that river down to its mouth, where their countryman, Gray, had anchored about twelve years previously.
The trail led northwest until it reached the western end of the sandstone cliffs to the north of the fort; there it ran into a well-defined path which wound northward into a country we had not as yet explored. It was a beautiful, gently rolling country, broken by occasional outcroppings of sandstone and by patches of dense forest relieved by open, park-like stretches and broad meadows whereon grazed countless herbivorous animals--red deer, aurochs, and infinite variety of antelope and at least three distinct species of horse, the latter ranging in size from a creature about as large as Nobs to a magnificent animal fourteen to sixteen hands high.
The explored reserves in Bukhara-Khiva and Gissar are estimated at 250 BCM of gas and 10m tons of condensates.
He said that 3.4 percent oil and 19 percent gas have been explored while urging serious efforts to explore the remaining resources, saying conferences were being held in Britain, Houston and Calgary (Canada) to attract international companies to invest in Pakistan.
Then they worked on movement that would reflect those feelings, learning to trust each other as they explored their emotions.
Though Schiller's fascination with crime and criminals has bee previously explored at length, his views concerning punishment have received comparatively less scrutiny in the past; Crime, Aesthetics, and the Poetics of Punishment remedies the omission, exploring how Schiller consciously discredited retribution, his question of whether murder can ever be constructed to be "good", and the expression of Schillers thoughts and points of debate through his famous plays including "Maria Stuart", "Wilhelm Tell", and "The Maid of Orleans".