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explorable en · ADJ

Etymology

From explore + -able.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Capable of being explored.

Deriveds

inexplorable · unexplorable

Translations (7)

ca explorable (capable of being explored) · fr explorable (capable of being explored) · el πασπατευτός (capable of being explored) · cs prozkoumatelný (capable of being explored) · gl explorable (capable of being explored) · gl explorábel (capable of being explored) · pt explorável (capable of being explored)

explorable en · NOUN

Etymology

From explore + -able.

Meanings

1. (rare) That which can be explored; a subject for exploration.
   • The way to recover a truly elementary education (one which provides, nourishes and liberates the elements) is through the same experimental curiosities as to how language works which give the child speech. But when he comes to writing let us give him sequenced explorables — to sustain and encourage in him the concept of an intelligible world. 1968, Ivor Armstrong Richards, So Much Nearer: Essays Toward a World English, page 265:
   • […] this preconceived notion necessarily makes it impossible for many archaeologists, especially those who trained in the Western intellectual environment to explore the explorables. 2004, Samuel Oluwole Ogundele, Rethinking West African Archaeology, page 129:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of explorable explanation.
   alt of explorable explanation

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