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explore
- /ɪkˈsplɔː/ UK
- /ɪkˈsploɹ/ US
- /ɪkˈsplo(ː)ɹ/
- /ɪkˈsploə/
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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.
verb explores · exploring · explored
- To seek for something or after someone.
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To examine or investigate something systematically.
The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand.
Similar: delve into, research
- To travel somewhere in search of discovery. It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.
- To examine diagnostically.
- To (seek) experience first hand. It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality.
- To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses. He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance.
- To wander without any particular aim or purpose. The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one.
- To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
noun explores
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: search, research, seek, exploration, exploratory, explorer, develop, detect, get, discovering, discovery, discover, scrutinize, try, test, finding
Translations
Every language
verb to examine or investigate something systematically
| Español | explorar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 탐험하다 tamheomhada |
| 日本語 | 探検する tanken suru |
| 中文 | 探索 tànsuǒ, 探險 /探险 tànxiǎn |
| हिन्दी | अन्वेषण करना anveṣaṇ karnā |
| Português | explorar |
| Français | explorer |
| Deutsch | erforschen |
| Italiano | esplorare, investigare, indagare, analizzare, sondare |
| Ελληνικά | εξερευνώ exerevnó |
| Română | a explora |
| Русский | иссле́довать isslédovatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | thám hiểm |
| العربية | اِسْتَكْشَفَ istakšafa |
| עברית | חיפש khipés, חיפש לברר khipés l'varér, חקר khakár, בדק badák, התעמק hit'amék, התעסק hit'asék |
verb to travel somewhere in search of discovery
| Español | explorar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 探る saguru |
| Português | explorar |
| Français | explorer |
| Deutsch | erforschen |
| Italiano | esplorare |
| Русский | иссле́довать isslédovatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | khám phá |
| עברית | חקר khakár, תר tar |
verb to examine diagnostically
| Português | examinar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | untersuchen |
| Italiano | esplorare, investigare, indagare |
| Русский | осма́тривать osmátrivatʹ, осмотре́ть osmotrétʹ |
Talk about this word "explore." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/explore. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. explore. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/explore "explore." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/explore.Cite this
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title = {explore},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/explore},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
