Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
explore en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- ĭksplôrʹ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ɪkˈsplɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- ĭksplôʹ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪkˈsploɹ/ (General-American)
- /ɪkˈsploə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- ĭksplōrʹ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- /ɪkˈsplo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Latin plōrō
Latin explōrōder.
Middle French explorerder.
English explore
From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)). Displaced native Old English rāsian.
Meanings
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(colloquial) An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.
Daylight was fading quickly, but I was still keen to have a little explore of the town and beach.
2008, John Watters, Bonza Voyage:
Forms
explore en · VERB
Pronunciation
- ĭksplôrʹ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ɪkˈsplɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- ĭksplôʹ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪkˈsploɹ/ (General-American)
- /ɪkˈsploə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- ĭksplōrʹ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- /ɪkˈsplo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Latin plōrō
Latin explōrōder.
Middle French explorerder.
English explore
From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)). Displaced native Old English rāsian.
Meanings
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(intransitive, obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.
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(transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand.
Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
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(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.
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(intransitive) To examine diagnostically.
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(transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality.
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(intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance.
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(intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9:The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one.
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(transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
Forms
Deriveds
explornography · sexplore · exploringly · reexplore · explorista · explorable · explorer · explorement
Relateds
explorative · exploration · exploratory
Synonyms
research (examine or investigate systematically) · delve into (examine or investigate systematically)
Translations (164)
ang rāsian (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · ast esplorar (to examine or investigate something systematically) · fi tutkia (to examine diagnostically) · mi whakatōmene (to examine or investigate something systematically) · he תר (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · cmn 探險 /探险 (to examine or investigate something systematically) · mk истражува (to examine or investigate something systematically) · da eksplorere (to examine diagnostically) · tr tetkik etmek (to (seek) experience first hand) · it indagare (to examine or investigate something systematically) · be дасле́даваць (to examine or investigate something systematically) · mi hōpara (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · nl exploreren (to examine or investigate something systematically) · ko 탐험하다 (to examine or investigate something systematically) · eo esplori (to examine or investigate something systematically) · th สำรวจ (to examine or investigate something systematically) · cs zkoumat (to examine or investigate something systematically) · nl uitpluizen (to examine or investigate something systematically) · pt explorar (to examine or investigate something systematically) · fi tutkia (to examine or investigate something systematically) · mi torohē (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · hu megvizsgál (to examine diagnostically) · es explorar (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · ca explorar (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · sk bádať (to examine or investigate something systematically) · da udforske (to (seek) experience first hand) · it analizzare (to examine or investigate something systematically) · it esplorare (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · fr explorer (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · lo ສແວງ (to examine or investigate something systematically) · hy հետախուզել (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · it sondare (to examine or investigate something systematically) · he בדק (to examine or investigate something systematically) · da udforske (to examine or investigate something systematically) · de erforschen (to examine or investigate something systematically) · it esplorare (to examine diagnostically) · id eksplorasi (to examine or investigate something systematically) · it indagare (to examine diagnostically) · sl raziskati (to examine or investigate something systematically) · nl exploreren (to (seek) experience first hand) · nl exploreren (to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses) · fa اکتشاف کردن (to examine or investigate something systematically) · ru изучи́ть (to (seek) experience first hand) · nl op verkenning zijn (to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses) · it esplorare (to (seek) experience first hand) · ru осмотре́ть (to examine diagnostically) · hy հետազոտել (to examine or investigate something systematically) · fr explorer (to (seek) experience first hand) · tr incelemek (to (seek) experience first hand) · bg прегле́ждам (to examine diagnostically) · lo ສະແວງ (to examine or investigate something systematically) · nl op/een ontdekkingsreis gaan naar/maken in (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · zza barıyayış (to (seek) experience first hand) · be дасле́дваць (to examine or investigate something systematically) · de erforschen (to (seek) experience first hand) · nl navorsen (to examine or investigate something systematically) · he התעסק (to examine or investigate something systematically) · ja 探検する (to examine or investigate something systematically) · km ស៊ើប (to examine or investigate something systematically) · ru иссле́довать (to examine or investigate something systematically) · bg изследвам (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · mi whakatōmene (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · sl raziskovati (to examine or investigate something systematically) · hy ուսումնասիրել (to examine or investigate something systematically) · he חיפש (to examine or investigate something systematically) · sh istrážiti (to examine or investigate something systematically) · bg изуча́вам (to (seek) experience first hand) · uk досліди́ти (to examine or investigate something systematically) · ast esplorar (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · sl poizvedovati (to examine or investigate something systematically) · da undersøge (to examine diagnostically) · es explorar (to examine or investigate something systematically) · he התנסה (to (seek) experience first hand) · sv utforska (to examine or investigate something systematically) · km ក្រវែល (to examine or investigate something systematically) · sv utforska (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · sh истражи́вати (to examine or investigate something systematically) · it investigare (to examine or investigate something systematically) · mn судлах (to examine or investigate something systematically) · fi kokeilla (to (seek) experience first hand) · sh истра́жити (to examine or investigate something systematically) · nb utforske (to examine or investigate something systematically) · cs prozkoumat (to examine or investigate something systematically) · nl exploreren (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · fa کاوش کردن (to examine or investigate something systematically) · fi tutkia (to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses) · ru осма́тривать (to examine diagnostically) · nl verkennen (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · it esplorare (to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses) · cs probádat (to examine or investigate something systematically) · oc explorar (to examine or investigate something systematically) · sl poizvedeti (to examine or investigate something systematically) · hu megvizsgál (to examine or investigate something systematically) · uk дослі́джувати (to examine or investigate something systematically) · sk skúmať (to examine or investigate something systematically) · zza keşf kerden (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · sh istražívati (to examine or investigate something systematically) · pt explorar (to (seek) experience first hand) · pt explorar (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · la speculor (to examine or investigate something systematically) · da tage på opdagelsesrejse (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · nl (aan) exploratie doen (to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses) · pt examinar (to examine diagnostically) · da undersøge (to examine or investigate something systematically) · nl aftasten (to examine or investigate something systematically) · cs bádat (to examine or investigate something systematically) · pl zbadać (to examine or investigate something systematically) · ca explorar (to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses) · it investigare (to examine diagnostically) · tr muayene etmek (to examine diagnostically) · zza palıknayen (to examine or investigate something systematically) · hu kutat (to examine or investigate something systematically) · it esplorare (to examine or investigate something systematically) · mi hōpara (to examine or investigate something systematically) · he חקר (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · tr keşfetmek (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · hu felfedez (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · mi tōmene (to examine or investigate something systematically) · de erforschen (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · gl explorar (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · fi tutkia (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · ms teroka (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · hu felfedez (to (seek) experience first hand) · ru изуча́ть (to (seek) experience first hand) · vi khám phá (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · nl bestuderen (to examine or investigate something systematically) · ca explorar (to examine or investigate something systematically) · he חיפש לברר (to examine or investigate something systematically) · gl explorar (to examine or investigate something systematically) · sk prebádať (to examine or investigate something systematically) · fi kokeilla (to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses) · it vagare (to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses) · ja 探る (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · el εξερευνώ (to examine or investigate something systematically) · pl badać (to examine or investigate something systematically) · hu kalandozik (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · cmn 探索 (to examine or investigate something systematically) · km រុករក (to examine or investigate something systematically) · he חקר (to examine or investigate something systematically) · mfe explore (to examine or investigate something systematically) · da udforske (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · oc explorar (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · vi thám hiểm (to examine or investigate something systematically) · tr araştırmak (to examine or investigate something systematically) · fr explorer (to examine or investigate something systematically) · ru иссле́довать (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · ca explorar (to (seek) experience first hand) · bg изсле́двам (to examine or investigate something systematically) · la explōrō (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · ca explorar (to examine diagnostically) · de untersuchen (to examine diagnostically) · ar اِسْتَكْشَفَ (to examine or investigate something systematically) · he התעמק (to examine or investigate something systematically) · nl verkennen (to (seek) experience first hand) · ro a explora (to examine or investigate something systematically) · fi tutkia (to (seek) experience first hand) · nl napluizen (to examine or investigate something systematically) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽 (to examine or investigate something systematically) · hi अन्वेषण करना (to examine or investigate something systematically) · nl uitzoeken (to examine or investigate something systematically) · hy հետազոտել (to travel somewhere in search of discovery) · sk preskúmať (to examine or investigate something systematically) · nl onderzoeken (to examine or investigate something systematically) · nl diagnosticeren (to examine diagnostically)