explore

Meaning

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
ex‧plore
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪkˈsplɔː/
Etymology

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”)).

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