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explore
What does explore mean?
explore (verb): to examine or investigate something systematically.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use explore in a sentence?
- The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce explore?
/ɪkˈsplɔɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does explore come 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".
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of explore?
Words related to explore
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “explore”?
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What does “explore” mean?
to travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle
Not quite: that's what drive means.
to move from one place to another; to redistribute
Not quite: that's what shift means.
to examine or investigate something systematically
Right! That's what “explore” means.
to take control of; to seize by force or stratagem
Not quite: that's what capture means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “explore”?
approach
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remember
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research
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increase
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