explore

CEFRA2

/ɪkˈsplɔː/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To travel through or study a place or subject to learn about it.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To examine or investigate something systematically.

Examples

  • As soon as we arrived on the island we were eager to explore.

  • We want to explore an underwater oil field.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ɪkˈsploɹ/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To travel somewhere in search of discovery.

  2. To seek for something or after someone.

  3. To examine diagnostically.

More examples

In context

  • We will explore every planet that goes around the sun.

  • It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality.

  • It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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”)).