explore

Meaning

Noun

An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.

Verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.
2. (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
3. (transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
4. (intransitive) To examine diagnostically.
5. (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
6. (intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
7. (intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
8. (transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.

Synonyms

investigate

research

examine

study

search

probe

survey

scrutinize

inspect

prospect

inquire

sound out

enquire

look into

seek

🔍

inquire into

go into

discover

look for

find

🔍

question

❓

ascertain

clear up

delve

feel out

peruse

reveal

search for

forage

gad

expedition

essay

discuss

disclose

interrogate

dig out

look after

dig for

detect

look through

measure

observe

travel about

poll

preview

check out

case

prospecting

pursuit

quest

Translations

esplorare

erforschen

explorar

explorar

explorar

explorer

exploreren

untersuchen

investigar

pesquisar

buscar

🔍

nagaan

uitzoeken

rechercher

🔍

onderzoeken

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”)).