explore

explore
verb
1 travel around an area
VERB + EXPLORE
▪ be keen to (esp. BrE), want to, wish to
▪ be free to
▪

In the afternoon you'll be free to explore a little on your own.

PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪

companies exploring for oil

2 think about sth in detail
ADVERB
▪ extensively
▪ briefly
▪ fully, thoroughly
▪

These questions have not been fully explored yet.

▪ properly, systematically
▪ carefully, deeply (esp. AmE), in detail
▪

This idea is worth exploring in some detail.

▪ further
▪ usefully
▪

The movie usefully explores some of the issues surrounding adoption.

VERB + EXPLORE
▪ need to
▪ be keen to (esp. BrE), want to, wish to
▪ aim to, seek to
▪ begin to, continue to
Explore is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑article, ↑artist, ↑chapter, ↑essay, ↑exhibit, ↑paper, ↑research, ↑researcher, ↑study
Explore is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alternative, ↑area, ↑aspect, ↑avenue, ↑cave, ↑complexity, ↑concept, ↑connection, ↑consequence, ↑delight, ↑difference, ↑dimension, ↑effect, ↑environment, ↑extent, ↑feasibility, ↑frontier, ↑galaxy, ↑heritage, ↑idea, ↑impact, ↑implication, ↑influence, ↑issue, ↑limit, ↑link, ↑meaning, ↑moon, ↑mystery, ↑myth, ↑nature, ↑neighbourhood, ↑ocean, ↑paradox, ↑perception, ↑possibility, ↑potential, ↑problem, ↑question, ↑reach, ↑reason, ↑region, ↑relation, ↑relationship, ↑relevance, ↑role, ↑root, ↑sexuality, ↑strategy, ↑subject, ↑terrain, ↑territory, ↑theme, ↑topic, ↑unknown, ↑way, ↑wilderness, ↑wonder, ↑workings, ↑world, ↑wreck

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  • Explore — Ex*plore , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exploring}.] [L. explorare to explore; ex out+plorare to cry out aloud,prob. orig., to cause to flow; perh. akin to E. flow: cf. F. explorer.] 1. To seek for or after; to strive to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • exploré — exploré, ée (èk splo ré, rée) part. passé. La Nouvelle Hollande encore peu explorée par les voyageurs.    Fig. Sujet déjà exploré …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • explore — 1580s, to investigate, examine, a back formation from EXPLORATION (Cf. exploration), or else from M.Fr. explorer (16c.), from L. explorare investigate, search out, examine, explore, said to be originally a hunters term meaning set up a loud cry,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • explore — [ek splôr′, iksplôr′] vt. explored, exploring [L explorare, to search out < ex , out + plorare, to cry out, wail] 1. to look into closely; examine carefully; investigate 2. to travel in (a region previously unknown or little known) in order to …   English World dictionary

  • explore — index analyze, canvass, check (inspect), delve, examine (study), find (discover) …   Law dictionary

  • exploré — ⇒EXPLORÉ, ÉE, part. passé et adj. I. Part. passé de explorer. II. Emploi adj. A. [En parlant d un pays, d un domaine géogr.] Qui a fait l objet d une reconnaissance et/ou d une description. Anton. inexploré. M. Fontanier (...) nous donne… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • explore — [v] investigate; survey analyze, burrow, delve into, dig into, examine, go into*, have a look*, hunt, inquire into, inspect, leave no stone unturned*, look into, probe, prospect, question, reconnoitre, research, scout, scrutinize, search, seek,… …   New thesaurus

  • explore — ► VERB 1) travel through (an unfamiliar area) in order to learn about it. 2) inquire into or discuss in detail. 3) evaluate (a new option or possibility). 4) examine or scrutinize by searching through or touching. DERIVATIVES exploration noun… …   English terms dictionary

  • explore — [[t]ɪksplɔ͟ː(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ explores, exploring, explored 1) VERB If you explore a place, you travel around it to find out what it is like. [V n] I just wanted to explore Paris, read Sartre, listen to Sidney Bechet... [V n] After exploring the old… …   English dictionary

  • explore */*/*/ — UK [ɪkˈsplɔː(r)] / US [ɪkˈsplɔr] verb Word forms explore : present tense I/you/we/they explore he/she/it explores present participle exploring past tense explored past participle explored 1) [intransitive/transitive] to travel to a place in order …   English dictionary

  • explore — verb (explored; exploring) Etymology: Latin explorare, from ex + plorare to cry out Date: 1585 transitive verb 1. a. to investigate, study, or analyze ; look into < explore the relationship between social class and learning ability > sometimes… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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