exploratory

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exploratory

/ɛkˈsplɒɹ.ə.tə.ɹi/ UK
/ɛkˈsplɒɹ.ə.tɹi/ UK
/ɪkˈ-/ UK
/ɛkˈsploɹ.əˌtoɹ.i/ Canada, US
/ɪkˈ-/ Canada, US
/ɪkˈsplɔɹ.ə.tə.ɹi/ Australia
/əkˈsplɒɹ.ə.tə.ɹi/ New Zealand
[əkˈsplɔ̟ɹ.ə.tə.ɹi] New Zealand
/ekˈsplɒɹ.ə.tɹi/ New Zealand
[ekˈsplɔ̟ɹ.ə.tɹi] New Zealand

adjective

not comparable Serving to explore or investigate. Meanwhile, for those who doubted the sheer breadth of music Glastonbury offers, a short walk took you from Thundercat’s exploratory, spaced-out take on jazz-funk – where the smooth sound of yacht rock crashed into extended passages of improvisation to thrilling effect – to the aforementioned Craig D

noun exploratories

An exploration or investigation.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: explorative, searching, preliminary, wildcat, exploration, exploring, explore, search, pathfinder, discovery, advance, scan, investigative, developmental, fact-finding, preparatory

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Español	exploratorio
Português	exploratório
Français	exploratoire
Deutsch	erforschend, untersuchend

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@misc{exploratory_2026,
  title = {exploratory},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/exploratory},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}