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Explore

noun
/ɪkˈsplɔː/
Word Frequency: 15.7

Definitions

1.nounAn exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.
2.verbTo seek for something or after someone.
3.verbTo examine or investigate something systematically.
"The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand."
4.verbTo travel somewhere in search of discovery.
"It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle."
5.verbTo examine diagnostically.
6.verbTo (seek) experience first hand.
"It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality."
7.verbTo be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
"He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance."
8.verbTo wander without any particular aim or purpose.
"The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one."
9.verbTo seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.

Synonyms

delveresearchsearchseekexplorationexploratoryexplorerdevelopdetectgetdiscoveringdiscovery

Rhymes With

implorecorefurthermoreabhorwhorefrorethereforescore
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