explore in English dictionary

  • explore

    Meanings and definitions of "explore"

    • (intransitive, obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.
    • (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
    • (transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
    • (intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
    • (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
    • (intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
    • (intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
    • noun
      (colloquial)
      An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.
    • verb
      (intransitive, obsolete)
      To seek for something or after someone.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To examine or investigate something systematically.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
    • verb
      (intransitive, medicine)
      To examine diagnostically.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To (seek) experience first hand.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
    • to examine or investigate something systematically
    • to travel somewhere in search of discovery
    • to (seek) experience first hand
    • to examine diagnostically
    • to be enagaged exploring in any of the above senses
    • verb
      examine minutely
    • verb
      examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
    • verb
      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"
    • verb
      travel to or penetrate into; "explore unknown territory in biology"

    Synonyms of "explore" in English dictionary

    name, diagnose, investigate are the top synonyms of "explore" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of explore

    • explore ( third-person singular simple present explores, present participle exploring, simple past and past participle explored)
    • explore (plural explores)
    • explore (third-person singular simple present explores, present participle exploring, simple past and past participle explored)
  • Explore

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