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Definition explore

Etymology

From Middle French explorer, from Latin explorare (�to investigate, search out�), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (�out�) + plorare (�to cry�), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (�to flow�)).

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.
2. (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
3. (transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
4. (intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
5. (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
6. (intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
7. (intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
8. (transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.

Noun

explore (plural explores)

1. (colloquial) An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.

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