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Meaning of 'explore' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Explore [ v. t.]
- To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.
- To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science.

Meaning of 'explore' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . explore [ v]
Meaning (1):
- travel to or penetrate into
Example in sentence:
  • explore unknown territory in biology
Meaning (2):
- inquire into
Example in sentence:
  • He searched for information on his relatives on the web;
  • Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness;
  • the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project
Meaning (3):
- examine minutely
Example in sentence:
  • The police scoured the country for the fugitive

Nearby Words:

expand expanded expander expanding expanse expansibility expansible expansile expansion expansive

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